• @TheTetrapod
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      351 month 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.

      • @Vinny_93
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        201 month ago

        All words are made up and language isn’t real

      • @[email protected]
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        131 month 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?

      • @[email protected]
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        1 month 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.