Greek Mythology Notes
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Niobium
A chemical element named after Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus, because niobium is chemically similar to tantalum and was considered its daughter element
Niobium was named as the daughter of tantalum because the two elements are so chemically similar they were mistaken for the same substance for over forty years
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