Which outcome occurs when sodium chloride contacts tantalum?

💡 Explanation

Tantalum reacts when heated in the presence of NaCl, because high temperature causes ionic chloride in NaCl to covalently bond with tantalum through nucleophilic substitution reaction, therefore tantalum pentachloride forms, rather than tantalum oxide because chloride is more reactive than oxygen at elevated temperatures.

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