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minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoPlatinium Goldium Silverium Leadium
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoThe only ones they teach you about in the US, huh? And also not about their latin names apparently.
minus-squareanaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoThe latin names had -um suffixes Gold - Aurum Silver - Argentum Lead - Plumbum also: Copper - Cuprum Iron - Ferrum
minus-squarelastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoAluminum already has an -um suffix so there’s no need to change it
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoPlatinium sounds so much better than platinum
Platinium
Goldium
Silverium
Leadium
The only ones they teach you about in the US, huh? And also not about their latin names apparently.
Mercuryium
Motherload moment
Your mother took my load lmao
The latin names had -um suffixes
also:
Aluminum already has an -um suffix so there’s no need to change it
So did it’s predecessor name: Alum
Al-Um
Molybdenium
Platinium sounds so much better than platinum