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- Researchers from IIT Ropar, Punjab, has discovered the presence of a rare metal called Tantalum, in the Sutlej River.
- Tantalum is widely used in electronics and semiconductors.
- Tantalum is a rare metal and is grey, heavy, very hard, and is known for being one of the most corrosion-resistant metals.
- It can be stretched, pulled and drawn into a thin wire or thread without breaking.
- It has an extremely high melting point.
- Tantalum was discovered first by a Swedish scientist named Anders Gustaf Ekenberg in 1802.
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