CrazyHorse on 20 October 2009
highwaystar101 said:
Why don't they spell the suffix like they would for half of the other elements then? Like Helium, Magnesium, Titanium, Lithium, Potassium, Gallium, Calcium and so on, all of which end with the standard suffix 'ium'. That's the rule. Why just change the rule for Aluminium? *Sigh* The world confuses me lol. |
To be fair to them on this point, aluminum was the name first suggested for the element when it was first discussed in scientific journals but was later changed to aluminium to fit the more 'classical' naming scheme. They are both acceptable names in publications, although aluminium is the preferred one.
