The atomic absorption spectrometry with electrothermal atomization in graphite oven, as an analytical method, possesses a great advantage of high sensibility detection; due to this advantage, it has been largely accepted as an analytical routine in application and research laboratories. In spite of its large detection power, the application of this methodology is limited by the operation cost and by the chemical interaction of some elements with the graphite tube surface. This work presents the methodologies of formation of tantalum carbide in the surface of graphite tubes by immersion of the graphite tube in aqueous solution of TaF7(2-). The samples obtained following this methodology were thermally treated in order to obtain the tantalum carbide. The homogeneity of the formed layers and their morphologies were characterized by scanning electron microscopy; the formation of tantalum carbide was confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
tantalum carbide; graphite; electrodeposition
