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minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up98arrow-down1·1 day agoPlatinium Goldium Silverium Leadium
minus-squareanaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·1 day agoThe latin names had -um suffixes Gold - Aurum Silver - Argentum Lead - Plumbum also: Copper - Cuprum Iron - Ferrum
minus-squarelastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·1 day agoAluminum already has an -um suffix so there’s no need to change it
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down5·1 day agoPlatinium sounds so much better than platinum
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·19 hours agoThe only ones they teach you about in the US, huh? And also not about their latin names apparently.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·24 hours agoYour mother took my load lmao
Platinium
Goldium
Silverium
Leadium
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
Platinium sounds so much better than platinum
Molybdenium
Mercuryium
The only ones they teach you about in the US, huh? And also not about their latin names apparently.
Motherload moment
Your mother took my load lmao