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Tantalum Basks in Telecom Spotlight

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It's nice to be sought after -- especially when you're named for the king of frustration and disappointment. An undistinguished No. 73 on the periodic table of elements, tantalum finds itself newly admired for its use in thin-film coatings for optical networking. Demand by the semiconductor and telecommunications industries boosted US sales of tantalum capacitors 15 percent in the first half of 1999, compared with the same period in 1998, reported the US Geological Survey. Tantalum is used, mainly in metal powder form, in cellular phones, pagers, computers and other electronics,...Read full article

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