• @lefixxx@lemmy.world
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    211 month ago

    Aluminium is not the -ium of alumin

    Aluminium is the genericitation of aluminum.

    The actual -ium is of alum. The original name is alumium.

    Aluminum is a modification of alumiun, not aluminium

    • fox2263
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      51 month ago

      You could be right.

      However. It’s the internet and I can’t read