On Feb 28, 1:06, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > 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.
Dunno. Perhaps it never did, but that's the systmatic nomenclature form.
To be fair, though, the systematic names are more useful for more complex
molecules, where there would otherwise be amiguity.
> > > Even "aluminum" is different, but I don't remember how different...
> >
> > You mean "aluminium" :-) Like sodium, potassium, uranium, ...
>
> Platinium... err, wait... nevermind. ;-)
Why do you think I didn't use that example? :-) Or molybdenium, tantalium,
lanthanium. There are 65 elements whose names end in "ium", only four that
end in "um" not "ium", and just one that varies according to geography :-)
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Received on Thu Feb 28 2002 - 13:15:32 GMT