Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120
by snapcaster on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @04:03PM
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What would you name Hydrogen and Oxygen?
Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120
by NeoTar on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @04:30PM
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Inverting the names makes sense.
Wikipedia: Oxygen
> Lavoisier renamed 'vital air' to oxygène in 1777 from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys) (acid, literally 'sharp', from the taste of acids) and -γενής (-genēs) (producer, literally begetter), because he mistakenly believed that oxygen was a constituent of all acids.
Hydrogen comes from ‘water’, which contains hydrogen and oxygen.
So, since all acids must have Hydrogen, Oxygen is actually a better name for Hydrogen. This then leaves the name Hydrogen free for Oxygen.
Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120
by breck on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @04:33PM
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Great question.
Singtium and Octium, perhaps.
Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120
by dredmorbius on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @09:43PM
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Wasserstoff and Sauerstoff, obv.
We give too much importance to the "Periodic Table". It's just a man-made microlang. Nature is unconcerned with it. There is much more beyond it.
P.S. While I'm criticizing the PT, might as well mention that I think we've probably done people a diservice by giving misnomer names like "Hydrogen" and "Oxygen" to these elements, which is completely disconnected from the mathematical beauty and patterns that those names represent.