Tantalum Tape is commonly used as a strong light weight outer coating. Additionally, tapes can serve as adhesives that bond two objects together. American Elements produces to many standard grades when applicable, including Mil Spec (military grade); ACS, Reagent and Technical Grade; Food, Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Grade; Optical Grade, USP and EP/BP (European Pharmacopeia/British Pharmacopeia) and follows applicable ASTM testing standards. American Elements specializes in producing Tantalum High Purity Tape and sheets in many thicknesses and sizes for numerous industrial uses and provides health and occupational safety information for this product. Most tapes are produced from cast ingots for use in coating and
thin film Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) processes including Thermal and Electron Beam (E-Beam) Evaporation, Low Temperature Organic Evaporation, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD),
Organometallic and Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) for specific applications such as
fuel cells and
solar energy. Tantalum Tape is usually in the form of long, thin, rolled metal tantalum
strips. Thickness can range from 0.003" to approximately 2mm for all metals. Some metals can also be rolled down as thin as 0.001" for use as an evaporation source in microelectronics, optics, magnetics, MEMS, and hard resistant coatings. Piece sizes are available up to approximately 7" maximum width. Maximum lengths of about 20" can be obtained with a nominal thickness between about 0.005" and 0.020" for
thin film deposition on
glass or
metal substrates. Materials are produced using crystallization, solid state and other
ultra high purification processes such as sublimation. American Elements specializes in producing
custom compositions for commercial and research applications and for new proprietary technologies. American Elements also casts any of the rare earth metals and most other advanced materials into rod, bar, or plate form, as well as other machined shapes and through other processes such as
nanoparticles and in the form of
solutions and
organometallics. We also produce
Tantalum as rods, powder and plates. Other shapes are available by request. Tantalum Tape is used as a protective coating on a wide variety of materials. Tape is also used in packaging applications.