ʻO Tantalum kahi mea metala.Aia ka nui ma ka tantale a noho pū me ka niobium.Loaʻa i ka Tantalum ka paʻakikī a me ka ductility.Hiki ke huki ʻia i loko o nā filament e hana ai i nā pepa lahilahi.He liʻiliʻi loa kona koena hoʻonui wela.Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā waiwai kemika maikaʻi, ke kūpaʻa corrosion kiʻekiʻe, e hana i nā moku evaporating, etc., hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e like me nā electrodes, electrolysis, capacitors a me nā mea hoʻoponopono o nā paipu uila.