Tantalum powder and tantalum wire are key materials for manufacturing tantalum capacitors. It is widely used in mobile phones, computers, digital products, automobiles, aerospace electronics and other fields. About 60% of the world's tantalum is used to make tantalum capacitors.
Tantalum and niobium targets are used in semiconductor devices and liquid crystal display technology. Niobium oxide, niobium powder and niobium wire are used to manufacture ceramic capacitors and niobium capacitors. Niobium wire is mainly used to produce high-strength low alloy steel, stainless steel, heat-resistant steel, gap Steel, carbon steel, tool steel, rail steel, cast steel, about 90% of the world's niobium is used in the steel industry.
Adding tantalum or niobium to tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, vanadium, iron-based alloys or adding other metal elements based on tantalum and niobium can produce superalloys. Superalloys are used in aerospace engines, land-based airflow turbine engines, modern Important structural materials for weapons and harsh industrial environment facilities. Cutters, drilling tools and other tools made of cemented carbide such as tantalum carbide and niobium carbide can withstand temperatures of nearly 3000°C, and their hardness is comparable to diamond.
Since niobium and tantalum have good superconductivity, adding niobium and tantalum to the materials for manufacturing wires and cables can greatly reduce the loss of electrical energy, thus saving electrical energy. Tantalum and niobium are high-quality materials that are resistant to acid and liquid metal corrosion. They can be used in digesters, heaters, coolers and various devices and vessels in the chemical industry. In addition, tantalum-niobium metal and its alloys can also be used as cladding materials for atomic energy reactors and high-energy physics superconducting devices. At the same time, tantalum is an ideal bio-adaptive material and is widely used in medical surgeries.
