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[-] Soulg@ani.social 106 points 1 day ago

Platinium

Goldium

Silverium

Leadium

[-] anaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago

The latin names had -um suffixes

  • Gold - Aurum
  • Silver - Argentum
  • Lead - Plumbum

also:

  • Copper - Cuprum
  • Iron - Ferrum

Aluminum already has an -um suffix so there's no need to change it

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

So did it's predecessor name: Alum

[-] zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago
[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 26 points 1 day ago

Platinium sounds so much better than platinum

[-] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago
[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago
[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

The only ones they teach you about in the US, huh? And also not about their latin names apparently.

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