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Tantalum or Niobium from capacitors

crystal grower - 31-3-2018 at 10:07

Recently I found out Ta and Nb are used in certain types of capacitors. Is there a way to distinguish the tantalum and niobium ones from each other? I'd like to use them as samples (albeit poor ones) in my element collection.

[Edited on 31-3-2018 by crystal grower]