Prometheum was named after promethus. It's chemical symbol is PM, and it's atomic nuber is 61.
The mythological Prometheus had a son named Deucalion. Deucalion was the Greek mythology equivalent of Noah. Zeus caused a great flood while he was angry at King Lycaon. Deucalion (son of Prometheus) created a Chest (same as Ark) to save himself and his wife during the great flood.
He named him self after a god because he has some kind of epiphany.
Prometheus is a Latinized version of a Greek name. Many of the miscellaneous figures in Greek mythology did not get renamed for the Romans. They simply "Latinized" their named. In Greek, Prometheus would have been Προμηθεύς.
The ABC soap One Life to Live has a character named Starr.
A highly radioactive metal named FRANCIUM was named after France.
The name of the chemical element is derived from the name of the titan Prometheus in the Greek mythology.
The name of the chemical element is derived from the name of the Greek mythology titan Prometheus.
There is no known element named after Gual. The periodic table consists of elements named after scientists, places, mythological figures, and more, but Gual does not correspond to any known element.
Cadmium was confused with zinc in the early 19th century because it was often found with zinc ore. It was named after the Latin word "cadmia" and the Greek word "kadmeia", both meaning zinc carbonate, ZnCO3.
There is no saint named Prometheus.
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The mythological Prometheus had a son named Deucalion. Deucalion was the Greek mythology equivalent of Noah. Zeus caused a great flood while he was angry at King Lycaon. Deucalion (son of Prometheus) created a Chest (same as Ark) to save himself and his wife during the great flood.
Prometheus
Promethium from Prometheus, who stoled the fire from Zeus.
Tantalum, named after the character "Tantalus", from Greek Mythology. Tantalum's atomic number is 73.
Rome is named after Romulus, the mythological founder of the city.
After the IUPAC Recommendation 2002 - Naming new elements: The elements can be named after a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or a country, a property or a very known scientist.