Pelopium was the proposed name for a new element found by the chemist Heinrich Rose in 1845. The name derived from the Greek king and later god Pelops. During the analysis of the mineral tantalite he concluded that it does contain an element similar to niobium and tantalum. The similar reactivity of niobium and tantalum complicated preparation of ...
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• (n.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
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Pe·lo'pi·um noun [ New Latin , from Latin
Pelops , brother of Niobe, Greek ....]
(Chemistry) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
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