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unusual facts about Tantalum


Tantulum elegans

Not to be confused with Tantalum.


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Alkane metathesis

One such class of catalyst systems, discovered and developed by the group of Jean-Marie Basset, comprises tantalum hydride supported on silica (SiO2)TaH at temperatures of 25°C to 200°C.

Conflict minerals

In April 2009, Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 (S. 819) to require electronics companies to verify and disclose their sources of cassiterite, wolframite, and tantalum.

Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb

Franjo Hanaman, inventor of contemporary classic light bulb with tungsten-tantalum alloy

Ixiolite

The name is for Ixion, the Greek mythological character related to Tantalus, as the mineral contains tantalum.


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