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Tantalcarbide Mineral Data |
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Tantalcarbide Mineral Data |
General Tantalcarbide Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
TaC | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 192.96 gm | ||
| Tantalum 93.78 % Ta | |||
| Carbon 6.22 % C | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
TaC | ||
| Environment: |
Platiniferous placers | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) | ||
| Locality: |
The mineral was discovered in the Nizhnetagilsky District in the Middle Urals, Russia, in a collection made by P. Walther at the beginning of the 20th century. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
The name reflects its composition: tantalum and carbon. | ||
Tantalcarbide Image | |||
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Tantalcarbide Crystallography |
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| Crystal System: |
Isometric - Hexoctahedral H-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m | ||
Physical Properties of Tantalcarbide |
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| Color: |
Yellow gray. | ||
| Density: |
14.5 | ||
| Diaphaneity: |
Opaque | ||
| Hardness: |
6-7 - Orthoclase-Quartz | ||
| Luster: |
Sub Metallic | ||
Calculated Properties of Tantalcarbide |
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=11.9 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Tantalcarbide =14.5 gm/cc. |
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.000797241 Boson Index = 0.999202759 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PETantalcarbide =1,179.24 barns/electron U=PETantalcarbide x rElectron Density=14001.12 barns/cc. |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Tantalcarbide is Not Radioactive |
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Tantalcarbide Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
01.01.19.04 (01)Native Elements | ||
| (01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group | |||
| (01.01.19)Osbornite group carbides and nitrides | |||
| Strunz Class: |
01.BA.20 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) | ||
| 01.B - Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides | |||
| 01.BA -Carbides | |||
Other Tantalcarbide Information |
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| References: |
NAME( CanMin, 8/99) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Tantalcarbide : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - GeoScienceWorld 4 - Google Images 5 - Google Scholar 6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 - MinDAT 9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 - Online Mineral Museum 11 - QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - Ruff.Info Search for Tantalcarbide using: Visit our Advertisers for Tantalcarbide : Ask about Tantalcarbide here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Tantalcarbide Specimen Label here :
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