Tantalum
Occurrence, isolation & synthesis
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Occurrence
Tantalum is found in the Earth's crust, together with niobium, in minerals such as columbite, tantalite and microlite [5]. The isotopes found in nature are
180
Ta (0.0123%, T
½
> 10
12
years) and
181
Ta (99.9877%, stable) [5].