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EdibleBatteries t1_iro9x3i wrote

Reply to comment by EdibleBatteries in Why, when you continue to burn ash, do the ashes eventually change from black to white? by genitalwaffles

Hence why it is named “potassium” and not it’s symbolic kalium. It is found in high amounts in “pot ash”

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alucardou t1_iroydfz wrote

The makers of "fireplace" bring you "potashium" Needed to make pot ash sound scientific, so they just put ium at the end. Brilliant.

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Nixeris t1_irqnp3n wrote

When scientists discovered a metal that could be derrived from the roman alumin recipes, they called it Aluminium.

Found a metal in Magnesia? Call it Magnesium.

In California? Call it Californium.

The element is Blue-gray? Call it Blue-grayium. But make it fancy and use the Latin term for Blue-gray, 'Caesius'. Caesium or cesium.

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Lurker_IV t1_irqlulr wrote

"ium" in the suffix that denotes a material. More than half of the elements end in 'ium'.

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