--- Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:
> "iso-propyl alcohol" is the "old" name for it; "iso-propanol" is a more
> modern version of the same name;
Agreed.
> the "systematic" name (used almost everywhere *by chemists*)
> is "propan-2-ol"...
Since it's been years since I've been in a chem lab... when did this
naming convention hit the States? In 1985, I'm fairly certain we
called it isopropanol. Perhaps my education was behind the times.
> > Even "aluminum" is different, but I don't remember how different...
>
> You mean "aluminium" :-) Like sodium, potassium, uranium, ...
Platinium... err, wait... nevermind. ;-)
-ethan
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Received on Thu Feb 28 2002 - 03:06:37 GMT