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[–] Soulg@ani.social 98 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Platinium

Goldium

Silverium

Leadium

[–] anaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The latin names had -um suffixes

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

also:

  • Copper - Cuprum
  • Iron - Ferrum
[–] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

So did it's predecessor name: Alum

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 20 points 1 day ago

Platinium sounds so much better than platinum

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org -4 points 21 hours ago

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

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your mother took my load lmao