-- card: 19843 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 2680 -- name: -- part contents for background part 8 ----- text ----- TANTALUM -- part contents for background part 9 ----- text ----- 73 -- part contents for background part 10 ----- text ----- Ta -- part contents for background part 11 ----- text ----- 180.95 -- part contents for background part 12 ----- text ----- 2-8-18-32-11-2 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 16.6 -- part contents for background part 25 ----- text ----- 2996° C -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- 5425° C -- part contents for background part 27 ----- text ----- +3+4+5 -- part contents for background part 28 ----- text ----- BCC -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- very hard, heavy, gray metal -- part contents for background part 30 ----- text ----- making of light bulb filaments, electrolytic capacitors, lightning arresters, nuclear reactor parts, surgical instruments -- part contents for background part 31 ----- text ----- Tantalum is especially resistant to chemical attack below 150° C. Discovered in 1802 by Ekeberg.