Tantalum Heat Exchangers for Highly Corrosive Applications In order to achieve optimum process operations, it is essential to use the right type of process equipment in any given process. Heat exchangers, commonly used to transfer energy from one fluid to another, are no exception. Tantalum is the most corrosion resistant metal in common use today. It is inert to practically all organic and inorganic compounds. Its corrosion resistance is very similar to glass, as both are unsuitable for use in hydrofluoric acid and strong hot alkali applications. For this reason, Tantalum is often used with glass lined steel Reactors as patches, Dip Tubes, Piping and Overhead Condensers.
CrystalTCS offers a full line of standard and custom designed shell and tube heat exchangers for acids or highly corrosive media operations. Tantalum, the inert material for most acids and highly corrosion areas, when machined/ rolled and fabricated into heat transfer equipment increases the life and durability of heat exchanging equipment/ Tantalum heat exchanger which is far superior to that of a Graphite heat exchanger and reduces downtime and maintenance costs.