TANTALUM COLUMNS

TANTALUM COLUMNS

Tantalum column: perfect HCl stripping at high pressure 

Mersen has mastered solid, lining or cladded tantalum fabrication processes for decades. Mersen has developed a patented cladding technology, CL-Clad® already experienced on various Tantalum columns.

Tantalum columns are suitable in very corrosive environment such as:

• Hydrochloric acid
• Sulfuric acid
• Nitric acid
• Strong organic acids
• Bromine
• Epichlorydrin

One of the main applications of tantalum columns is the HCl stripping at high pressure.

CL-Clad key features:

• Design pressure up to 25 barG
• Vacuum resistance
• Design temperature up to 250°C
• Tantalum thickness: 0.5 to 0.7 mm

Customer benefits of CL-Clad tantalum columns:

• Cost-effective solution
• Excellent resistance to thermal and mechanical shocks
• Very low maintenance and faster validated clean-out between batches
• Reliable sealing for high-pressure or vacuum applications
• Superior corrosion resistance against most process fluids
• Long service life
• Full vacuum resistance
• Mechanical and thermal resistance
• Plates in stock

Material expertise:

CL-Clad® is a patented brazing process developed by Mersen.

Mersen produces tantalum columns in its dedicated 3,000 m² workshop in Germany and 6,000 m² in the USA.