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  1. Why do the names of most chemical elements end with -um or -ium?

    Dec 28, 2012 · The -ium suffix is a Latin suffix which forms abstract nouns, thus it is used to form chemical elements' name from its naming origin, such as minerals (calcium from calx) or person …

  2. Did Berzelius unify the names of chemical elements using the Latin ...

    May 18, 2015 · For linguistic consistency, the names of all new elements should end in “-ium” The common, and IUPAC recognised, names of gold and gilver both have old Germanic origins and are …

  3. nomenclature - Are the names for chemical elements the same in both ...

    May 22, 2021 · Yes, the placeholder names all end in -ium, but that section isn't about placeholder names, it's about actual names. And for actual names, it's the metallic elements that end in -ium (that …

  4. Naming a coordination compound - Chemistry Stack Exchange

    Nov 30, 2019 · The rest of the metals simply have -ate added to the end (cobaltate, nickelate, zincate, osmate, cadmate, platinate, mercurate, etc. Note that the -ate tends to replace -um or -ium, if present).

  5. nomenclature - Is it tennessINE because it has 117 electrons or …

    Dec 7, 2019 · When I first heard that name, I thought it was a mistake. All the other synthetic elements ended in -ium - think plutonium or americium. Oak Ridge nuclear engineer Julie Ezold understands …

  6. What is a sigma complex? - Chemistry Stack Exchange

    According to Wikipedia, "sigma complex" refers to an arenium ion. The suffix "-ium" denotes a positively charged ion. So, it is correct to call the resonance structures in the below picture

  7. Why do people often capitalize element names?

    Oct 2, 2013 · I often wonder about this myself. Some people also capitalize most compound names (including water). However, I'm not reading research articles; I'm reading lab reports.

  8. Why is 1H-pyrrol-1-ium non-aromatic? - Chemistry Stack Exchange

    Jan 26, 2017 · It has 4n electrons and is completely conjugated. It should be anti aromatic. Why is this compound non-aromatic?

  9. nomenclature - Why is a temporary name given to an element with an ...

    Sep 7, 2014 · All the elements with an atomic number more than 100 are given temporary names by IUPAC according to nomenclature rules. For example, element 101 was temporarily named …

  10. Why is lithium the most reducing alkali metal, and not caesium?

    Apr 12, 2015 · Caesium has a larger size, and the effective nuclear charge that the valence electron experiences will be far less compared to that of lithium's, right? But lithium is still considered the …