Greek names

An internationally accepted chemical notation makes use of symbols to represent elements and compounds, and advises on naming chemical compounds. In this notation, the elements are represented by one or two letters, many of which are drawn from the elements Latin or Greek names. The number of atoms of an element in a molecule is represented by a subscript written after the symbol thus Au (the first two letters of aurum, the Latin name for gold) represents an atom of gold Cu (the first two letters of cuprum, the Latin name for copper), an atom of copper and C (the first letter of carbon), an atom of carbon O represents an atom of oxygen and 02, a molecule of oxygen. The symbols listed below provide examples of the presently accepted form of chemical notation ... 

Anionic complexes always have names ending in ate. This will require a change in the name of the metal. Thus, aluminum would become aluminate, and zinc would become zincate. The only exceptions to this are some of the metals whose symbols are based on Latin or Greek names. These exceptions are ... 

Lanthanum (La, [Xe]5 / 6.s 2), name and symbol after the Greek name XavOdvciv (lanthanein, to lie hidden). Discovered (1839) by Carl Gustaf Mosander. Silvery white metal. 

Since carboxylic acids are amongst the earliest organic compounds to be isolated from nature, a large number of them are known by their common names. The common names end with the suffix -ic acid and have been derived from Latin or Greek names of their natural sources. For example, formic acid (HCOOH) was first obtained from red ants (Latin formica means ant), acetic acid (CH C OOH) from vinegar (Latin acetum, means vinegar), but n ic acid (CH3CH2CH2COOH) from rancid butter (Latin butyrum, means butter). 

Table Group VIIB (the halogens), is the earth s rarest naturally occurring element. All its isotopes are radioactive (Table I), hence the Greek name aoTaTCoC, meaning unstable 44, 45). The possibility of their existence was predicted from the -decay of polonium (55). Its three naturally occurring isotopes, At, At, and At, are the extremely short-lived natural daughters of AcA (77), RaA (76,173), and AcK (72), respectively.

The Greek name theion provides the root thi used in names of sulfur compounds. 

I have felt that it is most fitting to name it from its general action, which it customarily shows in all its compounds. And therefore I have chosen the Greek name phlogiston, in German, Brennlich. 

The island above alluded to will he at once recognized as one of the Scillies, and its Greek name was probably derived from lie being made a fishing-station by the Phoenicians. 

That the ancients recognized tin itself as a distinct metal is not, however, to he inferred. It is quite probable that the tinstone (oxide) was used directly in the furnaces, not previously reduced and added as a metal, because, so far as can be inferred, alloys which were manufactured by the ancients were generally made by mixing the ores in the furnace, not by melting together the metals themselves. The Greeks named tin Kassiteros, though probably this name includes the ores as well as the metal. 

The word alabaster is derived from the Greek name for this substance. See also Gypsum. 

Ill the United Slates, common corundum is found in New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia sapphires of gem quality near Helena. Montana, associated with alluvial gold in the Missouri River. From the crystalline limestones and schists of the islands of Naxos and Samos in the Grecian archipelago most of the emery of commerce comes. Other deposits are near Ephesus in the Middle East, and in the mwn of Chester in Massachusetts. The word corundum conies from the Hindu, kurand emery is derived from the Greek name for this substance. 

WOOD. A vascular tissue which occurs in all higher plants The most important commercial sources of wood are the gymnosperms, or softwood trees and the dicotyledonous angiosperms, or hardwood trees. Botanically, wood serves the plant as supporting and conducting tissue, and it also contains certain cells which serve in the storage of food. The trunks and branches of trees and shrubs are composed of wood, except for the very narrow cylinder of pith in the center and the bark which covers the outside. Botanists refer to wood by its Greek name, xylem. 

Symbols for elements with Greek or Latin names Berzelius, a Swedish chemist, solved the problem by giving symbols from their original Latin or Greek names. For example,... 

I tucked that piece of information away to deal with when I was less distracted by shadows through silk. The Turk you mentioned was probably the book seller, a Greek named Alexius Karagounis. You did not know Procurator Orseolo, so you did not know the lady with him ... 

Ben Jonson was a man of some classical learning as well as an accomplished man of the theater. His satire of the poorer professional players of the traveling morality drama gives him a chance to demonstrate his theatrical superiority. His larding of the dialogue of this interlude with Greek names serves to show his familiarity with the classics. 

If the chemical symbol is based on the Latin or Greek name of the element, you need to use the Latin or Greek stem name. 

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Joseph V. Karabinos was bom in Akron, Ohio, on April 5, 1920, to Mary and Andrew Karabinos (both of whom were of Slovak origin Joe s seemingly Greek name was a mystery, even to him). His parents were in the grocery business from 1930 to 1947, and later ran a motel, both businesses being in Akron. They retired to Dunedin, Florida, where they now live. Andrew and Mary had a younger son, Andrew, and a daughter, Ann. 

Mercury and its compounds have a long and rich history. Its atomic symbol is derived from the Greek name Hydragyrum meaning watery silver. The English word for the element comes from the name of the Roman messenger god because of mercury s liquid mobility and quickness . As early as the second millennium b.c., mercury may have been recovered and nsed in Egypt. Recovery of the element from... 

The silver liquid called mercury has been known since ancient times. In fact the symbol for mercury (Hg) comes from its Greek name Hydrargyrum, which means watery silver. Although elements in the liquid state at ambient temperature and pressure are quite rare (Br2 is another example), the liquid nature of mercury is especially confounding. For example, compare the properties of mercury and gold ... 

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