Tantalum chinhu chesimbi. Iyo inonyanya kuwanikwa mu tantalite uye inogarisana ne niobium. Tantalum ine mwero kuoma uye ductility. Inogona kudhonzwa kuita filaments kuita mapepi matete. Kuwedzera kwayo kwemafuta ekuwedzera idiki. Yakanakisa makemikari zvivakwa, yakakwira corrosion kuramba, inogona kushandiswa kugadzira midziyo inoputika, nezvimwewo, inogona kushandiswa semagetsi, electrolysis, capacitors uye rectifiers emagetsi machubhu.
Mashizha edu e niobium anotonhora akakungurutswa uye vacuum yakanyungudutswa nemitengo yekudzikisira yevaridzi kuti ive nechokwadi chesimbi yakanaka. Pepa rega rega rinotariswa kwakasimba kwehukuru, kupera kwepamusoro, uye kupfava.