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Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, a Swedish chemist investigating …
Years: 1802 - 1802
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, a Swedish chemist investigating some rare earth minerals later called yttrotantalite, discovers a new element in 1802.
Because of the tantalizing problem of dissolving the oxide in acids, Ekeberg calls it tantalum, after mythical Greek king Tantalus, condemned to eternal thirst.
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Years: 1802 - 1802
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