Elementymology & Elements Multidict by Peter van der Krogt
Tantalum
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Elementymology & Elements Multidict by Peter van der Krogt
Tantalum
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Multilingual dictionary
Indo-EuropeanLanguage key — Germanic Tantalum en Tantal de lb da sv no is fo Tantaal nl af fy — Italic Tantale fr Tántalo es gl Tàntal ca Tantal oc ro Tântalo pt Tantalio it Tantali fur Tantalu arm — Slavic Òàíòàë [tantal] ru uk by sr mk bg Tantal pl cs sk sl hr bos Tantôl kas — Baltic Tantalas lt sud Tantals lv — Celtic Tantalwm cy Tantalam ga gd Tantalum gv kw Tantal br — Other Indo-European Τανταλιο [tantalio] el Tantal sq Տանտալ [tantal] hy — Indo-Iranian Òàíòàë [tantal] oss Uralic Tantaali fi Tantaal et Tantál hu Тантал [tantal] mok Altaic Tantal tr tg Òàíòàë [tantal] kk uz mn Other (Europe) Tantalioa eu ტანტალი [tantali] ka East- & South-Asia タンタル [tantaru] ja 鉭 [dan4 / taan2] zh (mand./cant.) 탄탈, 2탄탈럼 [tantal, tantalleom] ko Tantali, Tantan vi แทนทาลัม [thaentālam] th Tantalum ms தந்தாலம் [tantālam] ta Afro-Asiatic تنتالم [tantālūm] ar Tantalum mt טנטלום [tantalum] he Africa Tantali sw Artificial Tantalo eo New names Tantalon (TTL) aen Capacitium dms |
Appearance, some properties, a memory peg and a summary of discovery and etymology
History & Etymology
In 1801, Charles Hatchett found in columbite, an ore from Connecticut a new element, which he named Columbium. One year later, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg discovered a new element in Finnish minerals similar to the columbite and named it Tantalum. In 1809 William Hyde Wollaston claimed to have shown Columbium and Tantalum were identical. In 1844, Heinrich Rose showed that Wollaston's claims were false and that not only the element Tantalum was there, but also two new elements which he named after two children of Tantalus: Niobium and Pelopium (see Niobium).
The oxide Ta2O5 is insoluble in acid, and was unable, just as the mythological Tantalos in the Hades, "to quench his thirst".
Chemistianity 1873
TAYAN
TANTALUM, twin brother to Niobium, As metal is obtained in black powder; Heated in Air, it burns to Tantalic Acid. Further reading
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After Τανταλος [Tantalos], in Greek mythology traditional king of Sipylus in Lydia (or of Phrygia), and was the intimate friend of Zeus and the other gods, to whose table he was admit. But he abused the divine favour by revealing to mankind the secrets he had learned in heaven. His punishment in the lower world was famous. He stood up to his neck in water, which flowed from him when he tried to drink of it; and over his head hung fruits which the wind wafted away whenever he tried to grasp them.