Tantalium
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| Tantalium | |
|---|---|
 Known as "tantalum" in real life | |
| Properties | |
| Type | Element |
| Made With/By | Heavy refinement of coltan ore |
| Difficulty of Production | Medium-Hard |
| Exists in Reality | Yes |
| Atomic Number | 73 |
Tantalium (tantalum) is a very rare natural metal element added by Nuclear Tech Mod. The production of tantalium is a long and complex process and it is a very necessary component for capacitors in virtually all electrical related machines in 528 Mode.
Production
First of all, you'd have to find a deposit of coltan ore. Unlike normal ores, coltan spawns in a singular large deposit somewhere with a 1,000 block radius. A "coltass" can be made to locate the deposit.
Coltan ore drops an item of coltan (not affected by the fortune enchantment), but the ore can be shredded into 2 as with all other ores. It has to be crushed in a shredder (mind that crushed coltan may cause you to be entitled to a financial compensation) for the next step of processing.
To further refine it into purified tantalite, two crushed coltan items and a coal powder, as well as 250mb of hydrogen peroxide and 500mb of liquid hydrogen are put in the chemical plant using the coltan purifying template per operation. This also has the added benefit of making niobium powder as a byproduct.
Said purified tantalite, fluorite, 1000mb of natural gas and 500mb of liquid oxygen are used to produce 1000 mb of pandemonium(III)tantalite solution, also in the chemplant using pandemonium(III)tantalite production template.
Finally, 1,000mb of pandemonium(III)tantalite solution can be combined with 500mb of hydrogen peroxide to produce a tantalium polycrystal using tantalium crystallizing template.
The polycrystals then can be shredded into powder and subsequently smelt in a furnace to recieve tantalium ingots.
Usage
Currently, the main use of tantalium is producing capacitor boards, an important part of 528 Mode and some special items as well.
It is also used for block capacitors.
Gallery
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Coltan
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Crushed coltan
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Purified tantalite
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Polycrystal
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Ingot
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Nugget
Trivia
- Tantalium processing is meant to reflect real life processing, which is also difficult.
- Niobium is given because it's often a part of the same ores/minerals that tantalium is, it itself will also become useful later on, necessitating an easier method of production compared to the cyclotron.
- A lot of dust is produced as a byproduct of coltan/tantalium refinement, which requires disposal or usage of it.
- The name change is part of Bob's war against the English language, particularly its inconsistent naming of elements. "Tantalum" is notable because it used to be named "tantalium", which is more consistent with the other elements.
- Lanthanium is another example in NTM.