I lied. A thought on element naming.
Jul. 27th, 2010 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sniffnoyYes, this again.
I remember reading somewhere that it's actually a rule that all new element names must end in "-ium". However I don't recall where and IIRC it wasn't a very reliable source.
In any case, whenever they eventually get around to naming Uus and Uuo, I hope those at least get names ending in "-ine" and "-on" instead. Not because I much care about properly labeling what little "chemistry" such elements might have, but because not a single element that was named since I started maintaining it has given me reason to update my spelling elements with elements file and I think that's a little boring. (Note the highest element used in there is Nobelium, #102.)
(Alternatively, someone could give something the symbol "Um", but that might be a bit too much for me...)
-Harry
I remember reading somewhere that it's actually a rule that all new element names must end in "-ium". However I don't recall where and IIRC it wasn't a very reliable source.
In any case, whenever they eventually get around to naming Uus and Uuo, I hope those at least get names ending in "-ine" and "-on" instead. Not because I much care about properly labeling what little "chemistry" such elements might have, but because not a single element that was named since I started maintaining it has given me reason to update my spelling elements with elements file and I think that's a little boring. (Note the highest element used in there is Nobelium, #102.)
(Alternatively, someone could give something the symbol "Um", but that might be a bit too much for me...)
-Harry
