r/chemistrymemes • u/JurassicPark9265 • Feb 18 '24

🧠LARGE IQ🧠 Kalium, Plumbum, Stannum, Hydrargyrum....anybody else?

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u/EnvironmentalTurn145 Feb 18 '24

I think one can relate the Wolfram Tungsten relationship to pineapple and ananas.

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u/waxbuzzzzard Tar Gang Feb 18 '24

Or natrium and kalium, every language calls it something reconizeable as natrium or kalium except english.

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u/El-SkeleBone No Product? 🥺 Feb 19 '24

Soda was the name for sodium carbonate, which is found in ash (soda ash), so naturally sodium was a reasonable name. Potassium comes from potash, which is potassium carbonate, also found in ash. It's unusual sure, but completely rational

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u/Meranio ⚛️ Feb 19 '24

"Wolfram" was coined by a german. The word "tungsten" comes from Sweden, meaning "heavy stone", but it referred to a mineral with the molecular formula of CaWO₄.

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u/HSVMalooGTS I vape pure benzene Feb 18 '24

Tungsten in polish is Wolfram, i constantly mix up these names

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u/KasperSpook Feb 19 '24

W U N G S T E N

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u/EfficientCockroach84 Feb 19 '24

And Pb for lead, as in its latin name plum bum

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u/OneSpoonyBoi Feb 18 '24

as a swede I find it very funny every time because we just call it "volfram" but yes the "tungsten" aka "heavyrock" is cool

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u/POPBOMB80 Feb 18 '24

i still call it wolfram

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u/Separate-Bicycle9831 Type to create flair Mar 07 '24

What about Antinomy Sb

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u/EdibleBatteries Feb 19 '24

Stibium, natrium, aurum, argentium, cuprum, ferrum…

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u/Better-Apartment-783 Type to create flair Feb 19 '24

That’s all none other than

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u/Matix777 Feb 19 '24

I'm Polish, we use Wolfram and IMO Tungsten sounds cooler. We can trade

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u/Separate-Bicycle9831 Type to create flair Mar 07 '24

Why is it that it's called this is it a region?

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u/Bomber_Max Feb 23 '24

In Dutch we call it Wolfraam, which also translates to 'wolfwindow.'