"Application of Tantalum in Advanced Electronics and Semiconductor Chips"

 Figure 1 Surface of a semicircular wafer

The unique properties of tantalum make it an important part of advanced electronics.

 Figure 2 Silicon wafer

Tantalum ions are implanted into silicon, allowing a copper layer to be placed on top without diffusion between the metal (copper) and semiconductor (silicon) layers.

 Figure 3 Capacitors on the motherboard

Tantalum capacitors have high capacitance and short conduction paths per unit volume.