Transition metal · element 73
Tantalum
Doesn't react with your body. In every phone.
Only 0.8% of people are Tantalum. (estimated)
If you're Tantalum
You get along with everyone, literally: nothing rejects you. Capacitors, implants, hip joints. You are compatible with absolutely everything.
Tantalum is so inert that the body accepts it for implants, and its capacitors are in every smartphone.
How to get along with Tantalum
Do
- Enjoy the compatibility; nothing rejects them.
- Put them where reliability is everything.
- Let them be inert in a good way.
Don't
- Don't expect a strong reaction to anything.
- Don't mistake tolerance for having no limits.
When it goes wrong: They don't react, they endure. If they've stopped tolerating something, it was serious.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 2
- Sociability
- 5
- Stability
- 10
- Energy
- 2
- Rarity
- 6
- Warmth
- 5
Tantalum in literature
- Mary Morstan — The Sign of the Four, Arthur Conan Doyle (1890)
- Mr. Woodhouse — Emma, Jane Austen (1815)
- Friday — Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe (1719)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Tantalum's. If you got Tantalum, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other transition metals
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