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shaunh2k5
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hi am new to this site am just wundering if :
any body can help me its hjomework for school :
why do some elements in the periodic table e.g. pb is lead but magnesium is mg why isnt lead L or ld ?
please help  
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RobJim
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Shorty_47_2000
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| when the periodic table was created many latin names were used and lead is one of them. Plumbum I believe is the latin term for lead.
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Star_411
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject: Re: elements |
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[quote="Star_411"]
| shaunh2k5 wrote: |
hi am new to this site am just wundering if :
any body can help me its hjomework for school :
why do some elements in the periodic table e.g. pb is lead but magnesium is mg why isnt lead L or ld ?
please help [/quoteg] |
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wolfson001
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:05 am Post subject: |
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| The majority of the chemial names (when discovered) were Latin and German, i.e. for Lead it was Plumbum, and hence you get Pb.
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