Not to be confused with Tantalum.
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.
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.
Franjo Hanaman, inventor of contemporary classic light bulb with tungsten-tantalum alloy
The name is for Ixion, the Greek mythological character related to Tantalus, as the mineral contains tantalum.