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Tantalum Compounds
   Lithium tantalate
   Tantalum carbide
   Tantalum pentoxide
   Tantalum nitride
Lithium tantalate LiTaO3
A crystalline solid which possesses unique optical, piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties which make it valuable for infrared motion detectors, terahertz generation and detection, surface acoustic wave applications, cell phones and possibly pyroelectric nuclear fusion.
Tantalum carbide TaC
An extremely hard refractory ceramic material, commercially used in tool bits for cutting tools. It is usually processed by sintering. It has the appearance of a brown heavy powder. It is sometimes used as a fine-crystalline additive to tungsten carbide alloys. It is an important cermet material.
Tantalum carbide-graphite, a composite material developed in Los Alamos National Laboratory, is one of the hardest materials ever synthesized.
Tantalum pentoxide Ta2O5
It is used to make capacitors in automotive electronics, mobile phones, and pagers, electronic circuitry; thin-film components; and high-speed tools. Due to its high index of refraction, it has been utilized in the fabrication of the glass of many photographic lenses.
Tantalum nitride TaN
It is used to create barrier layers between copper and silicon in the manufacture of integrated circuits, to create thin film surface mount resistors as well as other electronic applications.