化学世界第三卷七八期合刊本中,顾翼东先生有「钶与钽之认识」一文,以这两种不为世人所熟识的元素,在性质和矿产尤其是它们的用途有很详细介绍,适著者手头也有一些关于钽的参考材料,特编述其大概,或可为顾先生大作的补充。钽的历史钽属于周期系中第七十三位元素,位于第五族中,是一八○三年为瑞典科学家Ekeberg 氏所发见,他首先承认钽是一种元素,并定名为Tant-alum。他对这元素这样定名,是因为他当时没有 In the third and seventh volumes of the Chemical World, Mr. Gu Yidong has a “Knowledge of Tantalum and Tantalum”, both of which are not known to the world and are very detailed in nature and in their mineral products, especially their uses Introduction, the fitter also has some reference materials on hand tantalum, special description of its probably, or for Mr. Gu masterpiece supplement. Tantalum history Tantalum belongs to the seventy-third element of the periodic system, located in the fifth family. It was pronounced in 1980 by Swedish scientist Ekeberg. He first recognized tantalum as an element and named it Tant- alum. He named this element so because he did not have it