As nouns the difference between tantalum and rankamaite
is that tantalum is a metallic chemical element (symbol ta) with an atomic number of 73 while rankamaite is (mineralogy) an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lead, lithium, niobium, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and tantalum.
tantalum
English
Alternative forms
* tantalium (obsolete)
Noun
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wikipedia tantalum)
A metallic chemical element (symbol Ta) with an atomic number of 73.
Derived terms
* eka-tantalum
* tantalate
* tantalian
* tantalic
* tantalous
* tantalum carbide
* tantalum dioxide
* tantalum lamp
* tantalum oxide
* tantalum pentachloride
* tantalum pentoxide
* tanteuxenite
Related terms
* coltan
* Tantalean
* Tantalic
* tantalise, tantalize
* tantalite
* Tantalus
rankamaite
English
Noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lead, lithium, niobium, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and tantalum.
References
* Rankamaite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Rankamaite.shtml]