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.