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[-] Soulg@ani.social 104 points 2 months ago

Platinium

Goldium

Silverium

Leadium

[-] anaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 2 months ago

The latin names had -um suffixes

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

also:

  • Copper - Cuprum
  • Iron - Ferrum
[-] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

So did it's predecessor name: Alum

[-] zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago
[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 22 points 2 months ago

Platinium sounds so much better than platinum

[-] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago
[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago
[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org -5 points 2 months ago

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

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