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Alternate Terminologies: Elementary, my Dear Mendeleyev
- Thread starter AndyC
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Clever idea getting in a clickable ad for LTTW there, good addition.
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- Derbyshire
Let's not forget the Yttrium/Ytterbium/Erbium/Terbium quartet which could easily have been given different names rather than just four variations on the same placename.
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Wonderful article.
I would like to add that the elements in period 7 (those at the bottom), by their artificial nature, are heavily susceptible to name changes in a timeline. They are usually named somewhat arbitrarily after prominent physicists (Einsteinium, Fermium) or after their places of discovery (Francium, Livermorium). These names being assigned to completely different elements is very likely.
@Thande Why do you own a Romanian periodic table?
I would like to add that the elements in period 7 (those at the bottom), by their artificial nature, are heavily susceptible to name changes in a timeline. They are usually named somewhat arbitrarily after prominent physicists (Einsteinium, Fermium) or after their places of discovery (Francium, Livermorium). These names being assigned to completely different elements is very likely.
@Thande Why do you own a Romanian periodic table?
My parents went to Romania in 2003.
As @Lord Roem can attest to, it was used as the image on my cake at my thirtieth birthday party.
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- Derbyshire
I think I've got about 5 from various years at home. Not counting the ones in textbooks.