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tantalum oxide

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tantalum oxide [′tant·əl·əm ′äk‚sīd]
(inorganic chemistry)
Ta2O5Prisms insoluble in water and acids (except for hydrofluoric); melts at 1800°C; used to make tantalum, in optical glass and electronic equipment, and as a chemical intermediate. Also known as tantalic acid anhydride; tantalum pentoxide.


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Silicon nitride, aluminum oxide and tantalum oxide films are used as capacitor materials.
In NanoBridge(R), tantalum oxide is being used for the solid electrolyte[3] as the diffusion rate of copper ions, which form a conduction path, is extremely small, allowing a significant improvement in the turn-on voltage.
Tantalum oxide was isolated by Anders Ekeberg in Sweden a year later.
 
 
 
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