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hutchkc

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Speaking of aluminum, does it bother anyone else to touch it? It's weird, but it skeeves me out.

Nope, but the few times I've held lead it's just a matter of seconds after it touches my skin that I can taste it, or get a metallic taste in my mouth. I don't think I've ever asked if anyone else had that, but presume it's normal reaction.
 

kilteroff

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You mean wrong?


Will you stop it, I'd bet 100$ you've looked it up and are PERFECTLY aware that the inventor / discoverer SPECIFICALLY wanted it called Aluminum, but bowed to pressure from bookish asshats. You're wrong, not the other way around.
 

Lambert2191

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Will you stop it, I'd bet 100$ you've looked it up and are PERFECTLY aware that the inventor / discoverer SPECIFICALLY wanted it called Aluminum, but bowed to pressure from bookish asshats. You're wrong, not the other way around.
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Also, that's not what happened soooo yeah just go check wikipedia or any other site with citations just so you can be less wrong the next time you go on a butthurt rampage.
 
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Heliomance

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Seems he first wanted "alumium", before moving to "aluminum". Oddly, the US started out using "aluminium". Why did we swap, I wonder?

Regardless, IUPAC says "aluminium" is the official spelling.
 

Zjarek_S

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We don't have this problem in Polish, we just drop the -ium and -endings (platinum -> platyna , iridium -> iryd , polonium -> polon). However alumin(i)um is still specific, because chemical element name is glin (from glina -> clay), but normally used is aluminium (yes, the one example of -ium ending).
 
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Lathanael

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Seems he first wanted "alumium", before moving to "aluminum". Oddly, the US started out using "aluminium". Why did we swap, I wonder?

Regardless, IUPAC says "aluminium" is the official spelling.

Maybe because the US wants to be somewhat special? I mean you guys are still using your U.S. customary system (yards etc.) in public (i know that the metric system is more commin in science etc) while the whole world around you is switching or already has the metric system.
 

Heliomance

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Maybe because the US wants to be somewhat special? I mean you guys are still using your U.S. customary system (yards etc.) in public (i know that the metric system is more commin in science etc) while the whole world around you is switching or already has the metric system.
Oi, I'm English thank you very much!
 

Jess887cp

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The differing numeric systems can be a bother when you move to a different country, like I did. Unless it happens to be a third world country that can never measures anything anyway. Now sometimes I forget which was is left :mad: