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Spherical Tantalum Powder

Tantalum Powder

Tantalum is twice as dense as steel, and it is highly ductile at high temperatures. It has the fourth-highest melting point of all metals and can form extremely thin and protective oxide layers for high-quality capacitors. Our tantalum powder has a high surface area and excellent handling and flow properties.

Tantalum powder can be divided into three categories: capacitor tantalum, metallurgical tantalum, and voltage tantalum powder.

High-capacitance Tantalum Powder Series

Features:

• Produced by the sodium reduction method.
• It’s suitable for making capacitors with a rated withstand voltage of 4v-40v.

• Excellent materials for making chips, impregnated tantalum electrolytic capacitors, and organic polymer capacitors. It has the advantages of good moldability, high specific capacitance, small leakage current, and low equivalent series resistance.

 

Electrical Properties

Grade Capacitance(+10%-6%)
(μFV/g)
Volume Shrinkage
(%)
Current Leakage
(nA/μFV)
Dissipation Factor
(%)
Breakdown Voltage
(V)
FTa16-700 70000 ≤15 ≤0.5 ≤40 ≥120
FTa16-500 50000 ≤18 ≤0.4 ≤25 ≥120
FTa16-400 40000 ≤18 ≤0.4 ≤20 ≥120
FTa16-300 30000 ≤18 ≤0.4 ≤20 ≥120
FTa16-230 23000 ≤18 ≤0.4 ≤15 ≥140

Chemical Analysis (Maximum Values/wt ppm)

Grade O C N H Fe Ni Cr Si Ti Nb Na+K W Mo
FTa16-700 4000 40 1000 180 30 30 20 20 5 30 40 10 5
FTa16-500 3500 40 500 170 30 30 20 20 5 30 30 10 5
FTa16-400 3000 40 500 170 30 30 20 20 5 30 30 10 5
FTa16-300 2500 30 400 120 30 30 20 20 5 30 30 10 5
FTa16-230 2500 30 150 120 30 30 20 20 5 30 20 10 5

Physical Properties

Grade Bulk Density(g/cm3) Average Fisher Size(um) Particle-size Distribution
(-325mesh%)
FTa16-700 1.5-2.1 1.8-3.0 ≤35
FTa16-500 1.6-2.2 2.0-3.4 ≤35
FTa16-400 1.6-2.2 2.0-3.5 ≤35
FTa16-300 1.7-2.3 2.4-3.5 ≤35
FTa16-230 1.7-2.3 2.4-3.5 ≤35

 

Middle-Voltage Tantalum Powder Series

Features:

• Simple flake shape.
• Larger Fischer particle size and smaller specific surface area
• Good sintering resistance, high reliability, and high voltage resistance

• It’s suitable for making medium to high voltage solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors with high-reliability requirements from 20 to 63V.

Electrical Properties

Grade Capacitance(+10%-6%)
(u FV/g)
Current Leakage
(nA/u FV)
Dissipation Factor
(%)
Breakdown Voltage
(V)
FDP-100 10000 ≤0.4 ≤10 ≥180
FDP -80 8000 ≤0.4 ≤10 ≥230
FDB -52 5200 ≤0.5 ≤8 ≥240
FTa40-42 4200 ≤0.5 ≤8 ≥240

 

Chemical Analysis (Maximum Values/wt ppm)

Grade O C N Fe Ni Cr Si Ti Nb Na K W Mo Al Mn
FDP-100 2200 60 100 50 10 15 20 5 30 15 15 20 10 5 5
FDP-80 2100 60 100 50 10 15 20 5 30 10 10 20 10 5 5
FDB-52 1700 45 50 35 10 15 20 5 30 10 10 20 10 5 5
FTa40-42 1700 45 50 35 10 15 20 5 30 10 10 20 10 5 5

 

Physical Properties

Grade Bulk Density (g/cm3) Average Fisher Size (um) Particle-size Distribution
(-325mesh%)
FDP-100 1.5-2.3 3.0-5.0 ≤30
FDP-80 1.7-2.5 3.0-5.0 ≤30
FDB-52 3.0-4.0 4.5-8.0 ≤30
FTa40-42 3.5-4.5 5.0-9.0 ≤30

 

High-Voltage Tantalum Powder Series

Features:

• Simple structure.
• Smaller specific surface area
• Good voltage resistance and high breakdown voltage
• It’s suitable for making medium to high voltage solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors with specifications greater than 63V

Electrical Properties

 Grade Capacitance
(+10%-6%)(uFV/g)
Current Leakage
(nA/u FV)
Dissipation Factor
(%)
Breakdown Voltage
(V)
FTa50-50 5000 ≤0.6 ≤6 ≥260
FTa50-40 4000 ≤0.6 ≤6 ≥260
FDC-50 5000 ≤0.7 ≤6 ≥300
FTa63-40 4000 ≤0.7 ≤6 ≥300
FTa63-35 3500 ≤0.7 ≤6 ≥300
FTa63-28 2800 ≤0.7 ≤5 ≥300
FTa63-25 2500 ≤0.7 ≤4 ≥300
FTa63-20 2000 ≤0.7 ≤3 ≥300
FTa63-15 1500 ≤0.7 ≤3 ≥300
FTa63-10 1000 ≤0.7 ≤3 ≥300

Chemical Analysis (Maximum Values/wt ppm)

Grade O N C Fe Ni Cr Si Ti Nb W Mo AL Mn
FTa50-50 1800 60 50 40 15 15 20 10 30 10 10 5 5
FTa50-40 1600 60 50 40 15 15 20 10 30 10 10 5 5
FDC-50 2000 60 60 50 15 15 20 10 30 10 10 5 5
FTa63-40 1800 60 40 35 15 15 20 10 30 10 10 5 5
FTa63-35 1600 60 40 30 15 15 20 10 30 10 10 5 5
FTa63-28 1400 40 30 20 10 10 20 10 30 10 10 5 5
FTa63-25 1400 40 30 20 10 10 20 10 30 10 10 5 5
FTa63-20 1200 40 25 15 10 10 20 5 30 10 10 5 5
FTa63-15 1000 40 25 15 10 10 20 5 30 10 10 5 5
FTa63-10 1000 40 25 15 10 10 20 5 30 10 10 5 5

 

Physical Properties

Grade Bulk Density(g/cm3) Average Fisher Size(μm)
FTa50-50 2.5-3.5 5.5-7.5
FTa50-40 3.0-4.0 7.5-11.0
FDC-50 2.5-3.5 4.0-7.0
FTa63-40 3.5-4.5 8.0-11.0
FTa63-35 3.5-4.5 8.0-12.0
FTa63-28 3.5-5.5 8.0-12.0
FTa63-25 4.0-6.0 9.0-14.0
FTa63-20 4.0-6.0 8.0-13.0
FTa63-15 5.0-6.5 9.0-15.0
FTa63-10 5.5-6.5 10.0-20.0

 

 

Tantalum Powder for Metallurgical Purposes

Features:

• Appearance: Dark grey powder or black powder.
• Application: Used for making various tantalum processing materials, and alloy additives.

Grade:FTa-01,  FTa-02,  FTa-1

Grade FTa-01 FTa-02 FTa-1
Main Content Ta,%,Minimum 99.95 99.95 99.95
Impurity Content ,
%,Max
O 0.100 0.120 0.180
C 0.005 0.005 0.008
N 0.005 0.005 0.008
H 0.003 0.003 0.003
Fe 0.004 0.004 0.005
Ni 0.003 0.003 0.005
Cr 0.003 0.003 0.005
Nb 0.003 0.003 0.005
W 0.002 0.002 0.002
Mo 0.001 0.001 0.002
Si 0.003 0.003 0.005
Mn 0.001 0.001 0.001
Ti 0.001 0.001 0.001
Fsss(um) 3.0-10.0 3.0-10.0 3.0-10.0
Sieve Mesh -80 -80 -80
Application Tantalum processing and alloying additives
Special requirements to be agreed upon by the supplier and buyer

Spherical Tantalum Powder

ARS’s spherical Tantalum powder is a good choice for 3D printing technology as its high purity, uniform particle size, complete surface structure, easy dispersion, large specific surface area, and high surface activity. Our spherical Tantalum powder has a high level of sphericity and controlled grain size, which make it the ideal powder for surface coating. It is the material of choice for many applications because of its biocompatible features, among other things.

Physical Properties of Spherical Tantalum Powder

Size 15-53 um
Apparet Density 9.75 g/cm3
Tap Density 10.8 g/cm3
Hall Flow Rate 5.8 s/50g

Chemical Composition of Spherical Tantalum Powder

Chemical Composition – by ICP-AES
Element Ta Fe Mg Cu Al Ca Sn Mn
Value (%) ≥99.9 0.002 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Element Ti Mo W Nb Si Cr Ni
Value (%) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Gas Impurities
Element C H O N
Value (%) 0.002 0.0018 0.045 0.004

Features of Spherical Tantalum Powder

– Biocompatible properties;
– High resistance to corrosion;
– Resistant to high temperature.

Application of Spherical Tantalum Powder

– Metal injection molding (MIM);
– Additive manufacturing (AM);
– Thermal spray (TSA);

Packaging of Tantalum Powder

In iron drums with inside plastic bags of 100kg or 200kg net each.