Tantalum bụ ihe igwe. Ọ kachasị dị na tantalite yana niobium na-ebikọ ọnụ. Tantalum nwere ike na-agafeghị oke na ductility. Enwere ike ịdọrọ ya n'ime filaments iji mee obere foils. Ọnụego mgbasawanye ọkụ ya dị obere. Ngwongwo kemịkalụ mara mma, nguzogide corrosion dị elu, enwere ike iji mee ka arịa ndị na-ekpofu ọkụ, wdg, enwere ike iji ya dị ka electrodes, electrolysis, capacitors na rectifiers nke ọkpọkọ elektrọn.
Mpempe akwụkwọ niobium anyị bụ nke a na-atụgharị oyi na oghere na-ekpochapụ ya na ọnụego mbelata nke nwe ya iji hụ na ọ dị mma. A na-enyocha mpempe akwụkwọ ọ bụla nke ọma maka akụkụ, imecha elu na ịdị larịị.