tantalum的词源

英文词源

tantalum (n.)

metallic element, 1809, Modern Latin, named 1802 by its discoverer, Swedish chemist Anders Ekberg (1767-1813), for Tantalus, according to Ekberg partly because of its inability to absorb acid recalled Tantalus' punishment in the afterlife (see tantalize). Sometimes it is said to be so called from the difficulty scientists faced in obtaining a pure specimen.

中文词源

tantalum：钽

金属元素，命名来自拉丁语 Tantalus,因这种金属元素不溶入酸，如果 Tantalus 一样干着急。

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