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shaunh2k5

September 11th, 2005 14:39

elements

hi am new to this site am just wundering if :

any body can help me its hjomework for school :

why do some elements in the periodic table e.g. pb is lead but magnesium is mg why isnt lead L or ld ?
please help :shock: :P

RobJim

September 12th, 2005 02:38

Read the Wikipedia entry on lead:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead

Shorty_47_2000

September 23rd, 2005 23:03

when the periodic table was created many latin names were used and lead is one of them. Plumbum I believe is the latin term for lead.

Star_411

October 5th, 2005 17:43

Re: elements

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Originally Posted by Star_411

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Originally Posted by shaunh2k5

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wolfson001

October 11th, 2005 04:05

The majority of the chemial names (when discovered) were Latin and German, i.e. for Lead it was Plumbum, and hence you get Pb.

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