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| TimFox:
Does anyone in the English-speaking world refer to the oxide as "aluminia" instead of "alumina"? (Not to be confused with the Danish porcelain company's trademark.) |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote --- ye cannae ken everything --- End quote --- But do you ken ken hen? |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: TimFox on November 13, 2023, 06:11:19 pm ---Does anyone in the English-speaking world refer to the oxide as "aluminia" instead of "alumina"? (Not to be confused with the Danish porcelain company's trademark.) --- End quote --- But you have soda => sodium, potash => potassium, Helios => helium, barite => barium, Titans => titanium, Magnesia => magnesium, Strontian => strontium, beryl => beryllium, and so on. Broadly, "-ium" is just a generic ending that means "related to" or "obtained from". I think the reason aluminum got preferred over aluminium is that aluminium is a bit of a mouthful to say. Similar to the reason that aeroplane became airplane, I would guess. |
| DavidAlfa:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on November 13, 2023, 06:13:06 pm --- --- Quote --- ye cannae ken everything --- End quote --- But do you ken ken hen? --- End quote --- You got me there, no feecking idea :-DD. My dad is Scott, but from Dundee, his accent is pretty soft, I guess 30 years in spain softtened him further, nowhere close as Glasgow's :-DD |
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