  Museum-grade sample. 
In early 2004 Max Whitby and I started selling individual element samples identical or similar to the samples we use in the museum displays we build.  These are top-quality samples presented in attractive forms appropriate to the particular element.  They are for sale from Max's website and also on eBay where you will find an ever-changing selection of samples (click the link to see the current listings). 
This vial of tantalum capacitors shows an interesting industrial application of this element: The cases are pure tantalum metal. 
Source: Theodore Gray 
Contributor: Theodore Gray 
Acquired: 24 February, 2004 
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007 
Price: See Listing 
Size: 2" 
Purity: >99% 
Sample Group: RGB Samples
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