Clockwise from left: Tantalus, a son of Zeus in Greek mythology damned to eternal hunger and thirst whilst surrounded by fruit and water (from greekmyths-greekmythology.com); a wavy lump of tantalum (from Wikimedia Commons); tantalum as it appears in the periodic table. We’re not quite done yet with elements named after Greek mythology, so here’s tantalum.Continue reading “Day 110: Tantalum”
Each day for the rest of 2020 I'll write a bit about a random element of the periodic table.
An Element A Day 