tantalum

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tantalum

Chemical element
Ta
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Alternative forms edit

tantalium (obsolete)

Etymology edit

A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin Tantalus,^[1] named after Tantalus, alluding to the element's incapacity to absorb acid. See -ium.

Pronunciation edit

enPR: tăn'tələm, IPA^(key): /ˈtæntələm/

Noun edit

tantalum (countable and uncountable, plural tantalums)

A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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Translations edit

A metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 73.

Afrikaans: tantaal (af)
Albanian: tantal
Arabic: تَنْتَالُم m (tantālum)
Armenian: տանտալ (hy) (tantal)
Asturian: tántalu m
Basque: tantalioa
Belarusian: танта́л m (tantál)
Breton: tantal
Bulgarian: танта́л m (tantál)
Catalan: tàntal (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鉭／钽 (zh) (tǎn)
Cornish: tantalum
Czech: tantal (cs)
Danish: tantal (da)
Dutch: tantaal (nl) n, tantalium (nl) n
Esperanto: tantalo (eo)
Estonian: tantaal (et)
Faroese: tantal
Finnish: tantaali (fi)
French: tantale (fr) m
Friulian: tantali
Galician: tántalo (gl) m
Georgian: ტანტალი (ṭanṭali)
German: Tantal (de) n
Greek: ταντάλιο (el) n (tantálio)
Hebrew: טנטלום (he) (tantálum)
Hindi: सहातु (sahātu)
Hungarian: tantál (hu)
Icelandic: tantal (is)
Irish: tantalam
Italian: tantalio (it) m
Japanese: タンタル (ja) (tantaru)
Kashubian: tantôl
Kazakh: тантал (tantal)
Khmer: តង់តាល (tɑngtaal)
Korean: 탄탈 (ko) (tantal), 탄탈룸 (tantallum), 탄탈럼 (tantalleom)
Latin: tantalium
Latvian: tantals
Lithuanian: tantalas (lt)
Luxembourgish: Tantal
Macedonian: танта́л m (tantál)
Malay: tantalum
Maltese: tantalju
Manx: tantalum
Mongolian: тантал (tantal)
Norwegian: tantal
Occitan: tantal m
Polish: tantal (pl) m
Portuguese: tântalo (pt) m
Romanian: tantal (ro) n
Russian: танта́л (ru) m (tantál)
Scottish Gaelic: tantalam
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тантал m

Roman: tantal (sh) m
Slovak: tantal (sk) m
Slovene: tantal (sl)
Spanish: tántalo (es) m
Swedish: tantal (sv)
Tajik: тантал (tantal)
Tamil: தந்தாலம் (tantālam)
Thai: แทนทาลัม (tɛɛn-taa-lâm)
Turkish: tantal (tr)
Ukrainian: танта́л m (tantál)
Uzbek: tantal (uz), тантал (uz) (tantal)
Vietnamese: tantali, tantan
Volapük: tantalin (vo)
Welsh: tantalwm (cy)
West Frisian: tantaal

References edit

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Tantalum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“tantalum”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Danish edit

Noun edit

tantalum

(now rare) Alternative form of tantal
- 1870, Mathilde Ørsted, Breve fra og til Hans Christian Ørsted, page 37:
  ... og et nyt Metal, som skal kaldes Tantalum.
  ... and a new metal, which is to be called tantalum.
- 1975, Tandlægebladet:
  ... individer med tantalum implantater^[sic] i kæberne ...
  ... individuals with tantalum implants in their jaws ...
- 2002, Taenk + Test:
  Det indeholder grundstoffet tantalum, ...
  It contains the element tantalum, ...
- 1961, Tidsskrift for sygeplejersker:
  ... bomuld, hør, hamp, syntetiske fibre, rustfrit stål og tantalum, ...
  ... cotton, flax, hemp, synthetic fibers, stainless steel and tantalum, ...
- 1914, Gads danske magasin:
  Paa dette Omraade har man dog fundet et Erstatningsmiddel i Tantalum, ...
  In this area, a substitute has been found in tantalum, ...
- 1963, Aarhus universitet, Aarsberetning:
  ... ved behandling […] af cancer vesicae (med radioaktivt tantalum).
  ... by treatment […] of cancer vesicae (using radioactive tantalum).

Latin edit

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tantalum

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Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.ta.lum/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪äɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.ta.lum/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪älum]

Noun edit

tantalum n (genitive tantalī); second declension

tantalum

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tantalum	tantala
Genitive	tantalī	tantalōrum
Dative	tantalō	tantalīs
Accusative	tantalum	tantala
Ablative	tantalō	tantalīs
Vocative	tantalum	tantala