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Niobium (# 41) after Niobe, daughter of Tantalus.

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What element has the element symbol Ta?

Tantalum, named after the character "Tantalus", from Greek Mythology. Tantalum's atomic number is 73.


Daughter of tantalus in greek mythology?

The daughter was Niobe


Daughter of tantalus?

Niobe


Where does Niobium come from?

you find it in CANAD BoMD or Brazil and it's extracted from tantalum. it's called niobium because it was once confused with tantalum which is named after tantalus in greek mythology and niobe, tantalus's daughter. That is the reason it is called BOMB. Do you understand my friend.


Who was the daughter of tantalus whose children were slain by apollo and artemis?

Niobē.


How did niobium get its name?

From Niobe - daughter of Tantalus, goddess of the tears in the Greek mythology.


He killed and cooked his daughter to please the gods but was punished instead?

Tantalus did it to his son.


Who is Tantalus's wife?

The identity of his wife is variously given: Dione; or Eurythemista, a daughter of the river-god Xanthus; or Euryanassa, daughter of Pactolus, another river-god, or Clytia, the child of Amphidamantes.


What was the moral for Tantalus?

The moral is that when you become to selfish, it affects more people than just you. After Tantalus died his evilness had been passed down to his daughter and then to her kids and their kids.


How did tantalum gets its name?

The chemical element tantalum is named after the mythological (Greek Mythology) Tantalus because of its lack of reactivity. As an aside it is also extremely corrosion resistant. Tantalum was named after Tantalus, due to the metal's inability to absorb acids. Tantalus was a king in Greek mythology who, as punishment for his crimes, had to stand in water which receded each time he stooped to drink it, overhung by grapes that drew back when he tried to reach them. His name is also the root of the verb "tantalize".


What did Tantalus daughter do and how was she punished?

Niobe, daughter of Tantalus: told her people to stop worshiping Leto and Apollo and Artemis, for Niobe thought herself and her children greater then those gods and goddesses. She was punished by her six sons and six daughters dying at the hands of Apollo and Artemis: some myths claim a daughter or/and son survived.


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