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    hence the former name "columbium". Its name comes from Greek mythology: Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, the namesake of tantalum. The name reflects the great...
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    sample, and he named them after the children of Tantalus: niobium (from Niobe, the goddess of tears), and pelopium (from Pelops). The supposed element...
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    vanadium(II) oxide, vanadium(III) oxide, vanadium(IV) oxide and vanadium(V) oxide, niobium forms niobium(II) oxide, niobium(IV) oxide and niobium(V) oxide, but...
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  • Niobium is nearly always found together with tantalum, and was named after Niobe, the daughter of the mythical Greek king Tantalus for whom tantalum was...
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    formerly found on the shores of the Black Sea, which is attributed to be zinc oxide. In numismatics, the term "orichalcum" is used to refer exclusively to a...
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  • named for the Roman goddess of the earth, Tellus Mater, niobium: named for Niobe, a character of Greek mythology, vanadium: named for Vanadis, another name...
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    asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are the dominant source of dust from oxides, carbon and s-process elements. However, in the early universe, before AGB...
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  • Itkis, M. G.; Lobanov, Yu. V.; Mezentsev, A. N.; Moody, K. J.; Nelson, S. L.; Polyakov, A. N.; Porter, C. E.; Ramayya, A. V.; Riley, F. D.; Roberto, J...
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    symbol as superscripts or subscripts a particular isotope, ionization, or oxidation state, or other atomic detail. A few isotopes have their own specific...
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    appear as تحميض، ثمود، وثمود، وثمود (ithmid, athmoud, othmod or uthmod) LSJ, s.v., vocalisation, spelling, and declension vary; Endlich; Celsus, 6.6.6 ff;...
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  • source for niobium, and columbite. The name comes from Greek mythology: Niobe, daughter of Tantalus. Niobium has physical and chemical properties similar...
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  • 2009-07-17. Oganessian, Yu. Ts.; Utyonkov, V. K.; Lobanov, Yu. V.; Abdullin, F. Sh.; Polyakov, A. N.; Shirokovsky, I. V.; Tsyganov, Yu. S.; Gulbekian, G. G.;...
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