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Re:An 80-Year-Old Prank Revealed, Hiding in the Periodic Table by apetresc on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @12:40PM (#10628371)
If the codename for Plutonium on the bomb project was 'Copper' then I wouldn't be surprised if 'Pu' as an homage to 'Cu' also factored into his decision.
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Re:An 80-Year-Old Prank Revealed, Hiding in the Periodic Table by dajohnson89 on Thursday November 26, 2015 @12:53AM (#10631493)
Cu comes from the Latin word for copper, cuprum. So, that had nothing to do with it.
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Re:An 80-Year-Old Prank Revealed, Hiding in the Periodic Table by geon on Thursday November 26, 2015 @10:24AM (#10633295)
Where Cu comes from is irrelevant. It may still have inspired the Pu naming.
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Re:An 80-Year-Old Prank Revealed, Hiding in the Periodic Table by eveningcoffee on Thursday November 26, 2015 @04:52AM (#10632195)
I think you must be honest to god person with no sense of humor. :)
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