Tantalum (Ta)
transition-metalSolid
标准原子量
180.94788 u电子排布
[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d3熔点
3016.85 °C沸点
5457.85 °C密度
1.64e+4 kg/m³氧化态
−3, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5电负性（鲍林）
1.5第一电离能
7.549571 eV发现年份
1802原子半径
145 pm详细信息
Tantalum is a dense, refractory transition metal in group 5, closely associated geologically and chemically with niobium. It is noted for exceptional resistance to corrosion, a very high melting point, and the stable, high-permittivity oxide film that forms on its surface. Most natural tantalum is ¹⁸¹Ta, with a small contribution from the long-lived nuclear isomer ¹⁸⁰ᵐTa. Its chemistry is dominated by the +5 oxidation state.
Tantalum is a gray, heavy, and very hard metal. When pure, it is ductile and can be drawn into fine wire, which is used as a filament for evaporating metals such as aluminum. Tantalum is almost completely immune to chemical attack at temperatures below 150°C, and is attacked only by hydrofluoric acid, acidic solutions containing the fluoride ion, and free sulfur trioxide. Alkalis attack it only slowly. At high temperatures, tantalum becomes much more reactive. The element has a melting point exceeded only by tungsten and rhenium. Tantalum is used to make a variety of alloys with desirable properties such as high melting point, high strength, good ductility, etc. Tantalum has a good "gettering" ability at high temperatures, and tantalum oxide films are stable and have good rectifying and dielectric properties.
The name derives from the Greek mythological character Tantalus who was banished to Hades, the region of lost souls where he was placed up to his chin in water, which receded whenever he tried to drink it, and under branches of fruit, which drew back whenever he tried to pick their fruit. This name was selected because of the insolubility of tantalum in acids; thus, when placed in the midst of acids, it is incapable of taking any of them up. Tantalum was discovered by the Swedish chemist and mineralogist Anders- Gustav Ekeberg in 1802.
Tantalum was discovered by Anders Gustaf Ekenberg, a Swedish chemist, in 1802 in minerals obtained from Ytterby, Sweden. Many scientists believed that he had only discovered an allotrope of niobium, an element that is chemically similar to tantalum. The issue was finally settled in 1866 when, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, a Swiss chemist, proved that tantalum and niobium were two distinct elements. The first relatively pure samples of tantalum were first produced in 1907. Today, tantalum is primarily obtained from the minerals columbite ((Fe, Mn, Mg)(Nb, Ta)2O6), tantalite ((Fe, Mn)(Ta, Nb)2O6) and euxenite ((Y, Ca, Er, La, Ce, U, Th)(Nb, Ta, Ti)2O6).
Named after Tantalos, a Greek a mythological character, father of Niobe. Discovered in 1802 by Ekeberg, but many chemists thought niobium and tantalum were identical elements until Rowe in 1844, and Marignac, in 1866, showed that niobic and tantalic acids were two different acids. The early investigators only isolated the impure metal. The first relatively pure ductile tantalum was produced by von Bolton in 1903. Tantalum occurs principally in the mineral columbite-tantalite.
Pure tantalum is a hard, heavy, lustrous metal with a gray to blue-gray metallic surface. It is ductile when sufficiently pure but becomes less workable when contaminated by oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, or carbon. A thin oxide film passivates the surface in air.
Tantalum is widely used in solid electrolytic capacitors, where a porous metal anode and a thin tantalum pentoxide dielectric provide high capacitance per volume. It is also used in corrosion-resistant chemical equipment, heat exchangers, surgical implants, and high-temperature furnace parts. Tantalum carbide is important in hard materials, and tantalum additions improve some nickel- and cobalt-base superalloys. Because it absorbs little from body fluids and is corrosion resistant, the metal has had longstanding biomedical applications.
Tantalum is a strong, ductile metal that is nearly immune to chemical attack at room temperatures. It can be drawn into a fine wire that is used to evaporate metals, such as aluminum. It has a high melting point and is frequently used as a substitute for platinum, which is more expensive. Tantalum is used to make components for chemical plants, nuclear power plants, airplanes and missiles. Tantalum does not react with bodily fluids and is used to make surgical equipment. Tantalum also does not irritate the body and is used to make surgical sutures as well as implants, such as artificial joints and cranial plates. Tantalum is alloyed with steel to increase steel's ductility, strength and melting point.
Tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5), one of tantalum's compounds, is a dielectric material and is used to make capacitors. It is also used to make a glass with a high index of refraction that is used in camera lenses. A composite consisting of tantalum carbide (TaC) and graphite is one of the hardest materials known and is used on the cutting edges of high-speed machine tools.
Scientists at Los Alamos have produced a tantalum carbide graphite composite material, which is said to be one of the hardest materials ever made. The compound has a melting point of 3738°C. Tantalum is used to make electrolytic capacitors and vacuum furnace parts, which account for about 60% of its use. The metal is also widely used to fabricate chemical process equipment, nuclear reactors, aircraft, and missile parts. Tantalum is completely immune to body liquids and is a nonirritating material. It has, therefore, found wide use in making surgical appliances. Tantalum oxide is used to make special glass with high index of refraction for camera lenses. The metal has many other uses.
Isotopes in Medicine
178 Ta (with a half-life of 9.3 min) is used in medical studies, such as first-pass radionuclide angiography of mice, to better understand cardiovascular disease. Radionuclide angiography uses a pinhole lens fitted to a high-speed multiwire proportional camera and a n(178W)/n(178Ta) amount-ratio generator for minimally invasive quantification of murine ventricular (heart) functions (Fig. IUPAC.73.1) [506] J. Lacy, T. Nanavaty, D. Dai, N. Nayak, N. Haynes, C. Martin. J. Nucl. Cardiol.8, 171 (2001)., [507] C. J. Hartley, G. E. Taffet, A. K. Reddy, M. L. Entman, L. H. Michael. ILAR J.43, 147 (2002).. The multiwire gamma camera has a 178Ta generator incorporated in its housing, and it provides portable and laboratory ventricular function assessments for cardiovascular patients [507] C. J. Hartley, G. E. Taffet, A. K. Reddy, M. L. Entman, L. H. Michael. ILAR J.43, 147 (2002)., [508] J. L. Lacy, A. D. LeBlanc, J. W. Babich, M. W. Bungo, L. A. Latson, R. M. Lewis, L. R. Poliner, R. H. Jones, P. C. Johnson. J. Nucl. Med.25, 1003 (1984).. Intravenous injections of 178Ta are used in gated equilibrium blood pool imaging [509] R. A. Wilson, S. Y. Kopiwoda, R. J. Callahan, R. H. Moore, C. A. Boucher, H. Manspeaker, F. P. Castronovo, H. W. Strauss. Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging13, 82 (1987).. 183Ta (with a half-life of 5.1 days) has potential for use in radionuclide pharmaceuticals and as a tracer for toxicity studies of ecosystems [510] N. Shigeta, R. M. Lambrecht, H. Matsuoka, A. Osa, M. Koizumi, K. Kobayashi, M. Izumo, K. Hashimoto, T. Sekine. Appl. Radiat. Isot.47, 171 (1996)..
Isotopes Used as a Source of Radioactive Isotope(s)
181Ta is used to produce 178W, which decays to 178Ta via the reaction 181Ta (p, 4 n) 178W, which is followed by a subsequent electron capture decay reaction of 178W to finally yield 178Ta. 178Ta is important for medical studies as noted in Section 4.73.1.
Tantalum forms strongly oxophilic compounds and is most stable in the +5 oxidation state. Tantalum pentoxide, Ta₂O₅, is the most important oxide and forms the dielectric film used in capacitors. Tantalum pentachloride, TaCl₅, is a volatile chloride used in synthesis and deposition chemistry. Tantalates contain TaO₆ octahedra in many minerals and ceramic materials. Lower oxidation states exist in halides and cluster compounds, but they are less common in ordinary aqueous chemistry. Tantalum carbide, TaC, is an extremely hard refractory ceramic.
See more information at the Tantalum compound page.
Massive tantalum metal is generally of low chemical toxicity and is valued for biocompatibility, but fine powder can burn and should be treated as a combustible metal dust. Soluble tantalum compounds are uncommon but should not be assumed harmless. Processing hazards often come from associated acids, fluorides, chlorides, and fine particulates rather than from the bulk metal itself. Natural tantalum is only very weakly radioactive because of trace ¹⁸⁰ᵐTa.
Tantalum occurs in resistant oxide minerals and is not abundant in surface waters. Weathering can move small amounts in heavy-mineral sediments, while much remains in insoluble phases. It has no known essential biological role. Environmental concerns are usually linked to mining, mineral concentration, tailings, and the handling of associated elements rather than to high mobility of tantalum ions in natural waters.
Tantalum is produced mainly from tantalite- and columbite-bearing ores, from complex lithium-cesium-tantalum pegmatites, and as a by-product of tin or lithium mineral processing. Separation from niobium is a central refining step because the two elements have similar chemistry. Demand is strongly influenced by electronics, especially capacitors, but superalloys, carbides, and corrosion-resistant equipment also matter. Supply can be constrained by ore concentration, co-production relationships, conflict-mineral controls, and the need for specialized refining. Recycling from capacitor scrap and superalloy residues contributes but does not fully replace mined supply.
Tantalum ores are found in Australia, Brazil, Mozambique, Thailand, Portugal, Nigeria, Zaire, and Canada.
Tantalum is a rare heavy element in the cosmos. Its stable and long-lived isotopes are made mainly by neutron-capture processes in earlier generations of stars, with contributions from slow and rapid capture pathways. In planetary materials it is lithophile and refractory, so it concentrates in silicate reservoirs and resists volatilization during high-temperature condensation.
- Tantalum and niobium are so similar chemically that their separation shaped much of their early metallurgy.
- ¹⁸⁰ᵐTa is the rarest naturally occurring long-lived nuclear isomer known.
- The dielectric layer in tantalum capacitors is grown directly from the metal surface.
- Tantalum resists many acids but is attacked by hydrofluoric acid and fluoride-containing mixtures.
- Its name refers to Tantalus, reflecting the early difficulty of dissolving its oxide.
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性质
物理性质
- 原子半径（经验值）
- 145 pm 比较所有元素的原子半径（经验值） →
- 共价半径
- 170 pm 比较所有元素的共价半径 →
- 范德华半径
- 217 pm 比较所有元素的范德华半径 →
- 金属半径
- 134 pm 比较所有元素的金属半径 →
- 密度
- 1.64 × 104 kg/m³ 比较所有元素的密度 →
- 摩尔体积
- 0.0109 L/mol
- 标准温度和压力下的物相
- 固态 比较所有元素的标准温度和压力下的物相 →
- 熔点
- 3016.85 °C 比较所有元素的熔点 →
- 沸点
- 5457.85 °C 比较所有元素的沸点 →
- 热导率
- 57.5 W/(m·K) 比较所有元素的热导率 →
- 比热容
- 0.14 J/(g·K) 比较所有元素的比热容 →
- 摩尔热容
- 25.36 J/(mol·K) 比较所有元素的摩尔热容 →
- 晶体结构
- 体心立方 比较所有元素的晶体结构 →
化学性质
- 电负性（鲍林）
- 1.5 比较所有元素的电负性（鲍林） →
- 电负性（Allen）
- 1.34
- 电子亲和能
- 0.322 eV
- 第一电离能
- 7.549571 eV 比较所有元素的第一电离能 →
- 第二电离能
- 16.200056 eV 比较所有元素的第二电离能 →
- 第三电离能
- 23.10008 eV 比较所有元素的第三电离能 →
- 第四电离能
- 35.00012 eV 比较所有元素的第四电离能 →
- 第五电离能
- 48.272166 eV 比较所有元素的第五电离能 →
- 氧化态
- −3, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5 比较所有元素的氧化态 →
- 价电子
- 5 比较所有元素的价电子 →
- 电子排布
- [Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d3
热力学性质
- 熔化热
- 0.37902265 eV 比较所有元素的熔化热 →
- 汽化热
- 7.804322 eV 比较所有元素的汽化热 →
- 升华热
- 8.104887 eV
- 原子化热
- 8.104887 eV
- 原子化焓
- 8.104887 eV
核性质
- 质子
- 73 比较所有元素的质子 →
- 中子
- 108 比较所有元素的中子 →
- 已知同位素
- 40 比较所有元素的已知同位素 →
- 稳定同位素
- 1 比较所有元素的稳定同位素 →
- 最稳定同位素
- Ta-181
- 发现年份
- 1802
丰度
- 丰度（地壳）
- 2 mg/kg 比较所有元素的丰度（地壳） →
- 丰度（海洋）
- 2 × 10−6 mg/L 比较所有元素的丰度（海洋） →
晶体结构
- 晶格常数a
- 331 pm
电子结构
- 各电子层电子数
- 2, 8, 18, 32, 11, 2 比较所有元素的各电子层电子数 →
标识符
- CAS登记号
- 7440-25-7 比较所有元素的CAS登记号 →
- 谱项符号
- 4F3/2
- InChI
- InChI=1S/Ta
- InChI Key
- GUVRBAGPIYLISA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
电子排布 实测值
Ta: 4f¹⁴ 5d³ 6s²[Xe] 4f¹⁴ 5d³ 6s²1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶ 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p⁶ 4f¹⁴ 5d³ 6s²原子模型
不同同位素的中子数、质量和稳定性不同，但中性原子的电子排布不变。
原子模型示意图，未按比例绘制。
原子指纹
发射 / 吸收光谱
同位素分布
| 质量数 | 原子质量（u） | 天然丰度 | 半衰期 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 181 稳定 | 180.9479958 ± 0.000002 | 99.9880% | 稳定 |
物相 / 状态
原因: 低于熔点（3016.85 °C）2991.8 °C
示意图，未按比例绘制
相变点
相变能
在熔点熔化1 mol物质所需的能量
在沸点汽化1 mol物质所需的能量
在升华点升华1 mol物质所需的能量
密度
标准条件下
标准条件下
原子光谱
已显示10项，共73项。 按离子电荷升序排列。
收录能级 ?
| 离子 | 电荷 | 能级 |
|---|---|---|
| Ta I | 0 | 301 |
| Ta II | +1 | 134 |
| Ta III | +2 | 2 |
| Ta IV | +3 | 2 |
| Ta V | +4 | 2 |
| Ta VI | +5 | 2 |
| Ta VII | +6 | 2 |
| Ta VIII | +7 | 2 |
| Ta IX | +8 | 2 |
| Ta X | +9 | 2 |
离子半径
| 电荷 | 配位 | 自旋 | 半径 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +3 | 6 | 暂无 | 72 pm |
| +4 | 6 | 暂无 | 68 pm |
| +5 | 6 | 暂无 | 64 pm |
| +5 | 7 | 暂无 | 69 pm |
| +5 | 8 | 暂无 | 74 pm |
化合物
同位素 (1)
| 质量数 | 原子质量（u） | 天然丰度 | 半衰期 | 衰变方式 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 稳定 | 180.9479958 ± 0.000002 | 99.9880% ± 0.0003% | 稳定 | stable |
扩展性质
共价半径（扩展）
- 共价半径（Pyykkö）
- 146 pm
- 共价半径（Pyykkö，双键）
- 126 pm
- 共价半径（Pyykkö，三键）
- 119 pm
范德华半径
- Batsanov
- 220 pm
- Alvarez
- 253 pm
- UFF
- 317 pm
- MM3
- 243 pm
原子半径与金属半径
- 原子半径（Rahm）
- 258 pm
- 金属半径（C12）
- 146 pm
编号标度
- Mendeleev
- 49
- Pettifor
- 53
- Glawe
- 52
电负性标度
- Ghosh
- 0
- Miedema
- 4
- Gunnarsson–Lundqvist
- 5
- Robles–Bartolotti
- 4
极化率与色散
- 偶极极化率
- 74 a.u.
- 偶极极化率（不确定度）
- 20 a.u.
- C₆ (Gould–Bučko)
- 887 Ha·Bohr6
Miedema参数
- Miedema摩尔体积
- 10.81 cm3/mol
- Miedema电子密度
- 4
供应风险与经济性
- 生产集中度
- 25
- 相对供应风险
- 7
- 储量分布
- 54
- 政治稳定性（最大生产国）
- 48
- 政治稳定性（最大储量国）
- 48
相变与同素异形体
| 熔点 | 3290.15 K |
| 沸点 | 5728.15 K |
氧化态分类
高级参考数据
屏蔽常数 (14)
| n | 轨道 | σ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | s | 1.4163 |
| 2 | p | 4.4136 |
| 2 | s | 19.0702 |
| 3 | d | 13.5589 |
| 3 | p | 21.1996 |
| 3 | s | 21.9085 |
| 4 | d | 36.676 |
| 4 | f | 39.5296 |
| 4 | p | 34.2652 |
| 4 | s | 33.2412 |
晶体半径详情 (5)
| 电荷 | CN | 自旋 | rcrystal (pm) | 来源 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | VI | 86 | estimated, | |
| 4 | VI | 82 | estimated, | |
| 5 | VI | 78 | ||
| 5 | VII | 83 | ||
| 5 | VIII | 88 |
同位素衰变方式 (52)
| 同位素 | 模式 | 强度 |
|---|---|---|
| 155 | p | 100% |
| 156 | p | 71% |
| 156 | B+ | 29% |
| 157 | A | 96.6% |
| 157 | p | 3.4% |
| 157 | B+ | — |
| 158 | A | 100% |
| 158 | B+ | — |
| 159 | B+ | 66% |
| 159 | A | 34% |
X射线散射因子 (716)
| 能量 (eV) | f₁ | f₂ |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | — | 3.16064 |
| 10.1152 | — | 3.23709 |
| 10.2317 | — | 3.31539 |
| 10.3496 | — | 3.39558 |
| 10.4688 | — | 3.47772 |
| 10.5894 | — | 3.56683 |
| 10.7114 | — | 3.65875 |
| 10.8348 | — | 3.75304 |
| 10.9596 | — | 3.84976 |
| 11.0859 | — | 3.94897 |
补充数据
Estimated Crustal Abundance
The estimated element abundance in the earth's crust.
2.0 milligrams per kilogram
参考文献 (1)
- [5] Tantalum https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele073.html
Estimated Oceanic Abundance
The estimated element abundance in the earth's oceans.
2×10-6 milligrams per liter
参考文献 (1)
- [5] Tantalum https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele073.html
Sources
Sources of this element.
Tantalum ores are found in Australia, Brazil, Mozambique, Thailand, Portugal, Nigeria, Zaire, and Canada.
参考文献 (1)
- [6] Tantalum https://periodic.lanl.gov/73.shtml
Production
Production of this element (from raw materials or other compounds containing the element).
Separation of tantalum from niobium requires several complicated steps. Several methods are used to commercially produce the element, including electrolysis of molten potassium fluorotantalate, reduction of potassium fluorotantalate with sodium, or reacting tantalum carbide with tantalum oxide. Twenty five isotopes of tantalum are known to exist. Natural tantalum contains two isotopes.
参考文献 (1)
- [6] Tantalum https://periodic.lanl.gov/73.shtml
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