Tantalum, 00 Ta Pronunciation (TAN-təl -əm ) Appearance gray blue
Group మూస:Infobox element/symbol-to-group/format Period period 6 Block d-block Electron configuration [Xe ] 4f14 5d3 6s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 11, 2 Phase at STP solid Melting point 3290 K (3017 °C, 5463 °F) Boiling point 5731 K (5458 °C, 9856 °F) Density (near r.t. ) 16.69 g/cm3 when liquid (at m.p. ) 15 g/cm3 Heat of fusion 36.57 kJ/mol Heat of vaporization 753 kJ/mol Molar heat capacity 25.36 J/(mol·K) Vapor pressure
P (Pa)
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10
100
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at T (K)
3297
3597
3957
4395
4939
5634
Oxidation state s−3, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5 (a mildly acidic oxide) Electronegativity Pauling scale: 1.5 Ionization energies 1st: 761 kJ/mol 2nd: 1500 kJ/mol Atomic radius empirical: 146 pm Covalent radius 170±8 pm Spectral line s of tantalumNatural occurrence primordial Crystal structure body-centered cubic (bcc)[ 3] α-Ta Crystal structure tetragonal [ 3] β-Ta Speed of sound thin rod 3400 m/s (at 20 °C) Thermal expansion 6.3 µm/(m⋅K) (at 25 °C) Thermal conductivity 57.5 W/(m⋅K) Electrical resistivity 131 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C) Magnetic ordering paramagnetic [ 4] Young's modulus 186 GPa Shear modulus 69 GPa Bulk modulus 200 GPa Poisson ratio 0.34 Mohs hardness 6.5 Vickers hardness 873 MPa Brinell hardness 800 MPa CAS Number 7440-25-7 Discovery Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1802) Recognized as a distinct element by Heinrich Rose (1844)Template:infobox tantalum isotopes does not exist Category: Tantalum | references
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{{Infobox element/isotopes stable
| link=Fluorine-19 | mn=19 | sym=F | na=100% | n=10 }}
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| mn=251 | sym=Cf
| na=trace | hl=898 y
| dm=α | de=6.172 | link1=curium-247 | pn=247 | ps=Cm}}
{{Infobox element/isotopes decay2 | mn=252 | sym=Cf
| na=trace | hl=2.645 y
| dm1=α (96.91%)| de1=6.217 | link1=curium-248 | pn1=248 | ps1=Cm
| dm2=SF (3.09%)| de2=– | pn2= | ps2=–}}
{{Infobox element/isotopes decay3
| mn=26 | sym=Al | na=[[trace radioisotope|trace]] | hl={{val|7.17|e=5|ul=y}}
| dm1=[[Positron emission|β<sup>+</sup>]] | de1=1.17 | link1=magnesium-26
| pn1=26 | ps1=Mg
| dm2=[[electron capture|ε]] | de2=- | link2=magnesium-26 | pn2=26 | ps2=Mg
| dm3=[[Gamma radiation|γ]] | de3=1.8086 | pn3= | ps3=-
}}
{{Infobox element/isotopes decay3 (2 2 1)
| mn=22 | sym=Na | na=[[trace radioisotope|trace]]
| hl=[[1 E7 s|2.602]] [[year|y]] | dm1=[[Beta decay|β<sup>+</sup>]]→[[Gamma decay|γ]]
| de1a=0.5454 | link1a=neon-22 | pn1a=22 | ps1a=Ne*
| de1b=1.27453(2)<ref name=npa521_1>{{cite journal
| last=Endt | first=P. M.
| title=Energy levels of A = 21–44 nuclei (VII)
| journal=Nuclear Physics A | volume=521 | pages=1–400
| date=1990 | doi=10.1016/0375-9474(90)90598-G
| bibcode=1990NuPhA.521....1E
}}</ref> | pn1b=22 | ps1b=Ne
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{{Infobox element/isotopes_decay4 | mn=260 | sym=Md
| na=[[synthetic radioisotope|syn]] | hl=31.8 [[day|d]]
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| dm2=α | de2=7.000 | link2=einsteinium-256 | pn2=256 | ps2=Es
| dm3=ε | de3=- | link3=fermium-260 | pn3=260 | ps3=Fm
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