Dec 28, 2012 · The -ium suffix is a Latin suffix which forms abstract nouns, thus it is used to form chemical elements' name from its naming origin, such as minerals (calcium from calx) or person …

May 22, 2021 · Yes, the placeholder names all end in -ium, but that section isn't about placeholder names, it's about actual names. And for actual names, it's the metallic elements that end in -ium (that …

May 18, 2015 · For linguistic consistency, the names of all new elements should end in “-ium” The common, and IUPAC recognised, names of gold and gilver both have old Germanic origins and are …

Dec 7, 2019 · The element's name ends with -ine instead of -ium probably because it is in group 17 all of whose elements are non-metals as names of most metals preferentially ends with a - ium. It's not …

Nov 30, 2019 · The rest of the metals simply have -ate added to the end (cobaltate, nickelate, zincate, osmate, cadmate, platinate, mercurate, etc. Note that the -ate tends to replace -um or -ium, if present).

Sep 7, 2014 · All the elements with an atomic number more than 100 are given temporary names by IUPAC according to nomenclature rules. For example, element 101 was temporarily named …

Jan 26, 2017 · It has 4n electrons and is completely conjugated. It should be anti aromatic. Why is this compound non-aromatic?

Sep 8, 2014 · While I was looking at the periodic table today, I realised that there were gases that were much lighter than helium such as hydrogen. If hydrogen is lighter than helium, why do we insist on …

Nov 25, 2018 · I have been taught that oxygen is a chemical element, in other words a certain type of atom that has 8 protons in its nucleus. So why is O2 called oxygen? It is not a type of atom but rather …

18 According to Wikipedia, "sigma complex" refers to an arenium ion. The suffix "-ium" denotes a positively charged ion. So, it is correct to call the resonance structures in the below picture depictions …