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minus-squareGeodad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days ago But all the other elements are -iums Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus… There are many elements that don’t end in - ium. The rule is that whoever discovers the element gets to name it.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days ago We have a draw. The first name proposed for the metal to be isolated from alum was alumium, which Davy suggested in an 1808 article on his electrochemical research, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus…
There are many elements that don’t end in - ium. The rule is that whoever discovers the element gets to name it.
We have a draw.