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Tantalum

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tanoun(intransitive, transitive) To act as a teaching assistant (for a class).
atomic number 73nouna hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

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tanoun(music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.
atomic number 73nouna hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
niobiumnounA chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.
columbiumnoun(obsolete) Former name of niobium.
tantalitenoun(mineralogy) A dark-brown mineral that is an ore of tantalum and niobium, of the chemical formula (Fe, Mn) Ta₂O₆.
thuliumnounA metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre.
terbiumnounA metallic chemical element (symbol Tb) with an atomic number of 65: a soft, silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable and ductile.
thalliumnounA metallic chemical element (symbol Tl) with atomic number 81: a gray post-transition metal that discolors when exposed to air.
tantalcarbidenoun(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow gray mineral containing carbon and tantalum.
radiotantalumnounradioactive tantalum
titaniumnounA chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
tantitenoun(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial colorless mineral containing oxygen and tantalum.
tantalatenoun(chemistry) Any salt of tantalic acid.
thoriumnounA chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90. A weakly radioactive, malleable, moderately hard silvery metal that tarnishes black when exposed to air.
tungstennounA rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.
eka-tantalumnoun(chemistry, archaic) dubnium
telluriumnoun(uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
ekatantalumnounAlternative form of eka-tantalum. [(chemistry, archaic) dubnium]
yttrotantalitenoun(mineralogy) A brown or black tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium.
coltannoun(mineralogy) A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)₂O₆, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.

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