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September 11th, 2005, 15:39
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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 |
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September 12th, 2005, 03:38
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#3
September 24th, 2005, 00:03
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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.
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#4
October 5th, 2005, 18:43
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Re: elements
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October 11th, 2005, 05:05
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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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