• TheTetrapod@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    People always argue that -num isn’t a legitimate way for the name of an element to end, but I never see you guys talking about Platinium.

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      4 months ago

      Then we also need to talk about Sodum, Potassum, Magnesum, Plutonum, Uranum, Cadmum, Chromum, Titanum and a bunch more. Why should Aluminum be the outlier?

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      4 months ago

      Because platinum is also a concept. Nobody has gotten an aluminum record, or an aluminum medal. Some metals have ascended beyond mere utility into superficiality. Aluminium isn’t there yet.