Tantalum karfe ne mai sheki, mai launin azurfa wanda yake da nauyi, mai yawa, maras nauyi da kuma ductile lokacin da tsarki. Ana samun shi a cikin ƙananan ƙananan ma'adanai (mafi yawan haɗin gwiwa tare da niobium), kuma an ware shi ta hanyar canzawa zuwa oxide sannan kuma fluoro-complex, K2TaF7, wanda aka samo asali mai tsabta ta hanyar lantarki.

Tantalum yana da juriya sosai saboda samuwar fim ɗin oxide, kuma yana da juriya ga harin acid (ban da HF).

Zai amsa tare da fused alkalis da iri-iri marasa ƙarfe a yanayin zafi mai tsayi.

Tantalum Ingot

Standard: Q/NSL010-1993, ASTM B 364-92
 

Kayayyakin jiki: Kyakkyawan juriya na lalata da matsanancin zafin jiki, kyakkyawan ƙarfi, ƙarfin juriya mai ƙarfi, filastik da kyakkyawan aikin sarrafawa da kyakkyawar alaƙa da jikin ɗan adam.
 

Aikace-aikace: Tantalum ana amfani da shi azaman babban ɗanyen kayan sarrafa tantalum daban-daban, ana amfani da su sosai a cikin man fetur, sinadarai, yadi, kayan lantarki, masana'antu da masana'antar sarrafa kayayyaki.
 

Shiryawa: Kayan katako na waje mai layi tare da shirya kayan laushi.

Haɗin sunadarai na tantalum ingot, ASTM B 364-92