Tantalum is an important metallic material in industry. It has a high melting point and good corrosion resistance, and its applications are wide-ranging. It is mainly used as tantalum powder and tantalum wire for sintered anodes in electrolytic capacitors, as structural materials for heating elements and insulation layers in high-temperature vacuum furnaces, and as a chemical corrosion-resistant material, high-temperature alloy, hard alloy, and superalloy. Tantalum hydride can be used to prepare tantalum.
