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ximtor@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

It confused me a bit when reading the Mistborn series. Wtf is aluminum and why have i never heard of that? Do they just call Aluminium differently because of story reasons? Did i miss something? Are the other metals correct?

Good books tho

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HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Aluminum is the original name for the element. It was changed to be more in line with the others in its group.

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gens@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Like in the tv shows when they say “epinephrine”, and I was like wtf is that? for years.

And later on with the amazing metal called tungsten. Why have I never heard of it?

(Its andrenaline and wolfram)

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- burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Wait until you learn why it’s called epinephrine. Then you’ll really roll your eyes.
  
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  - gens@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I know… And I did. I mean it’s called the andrenal gland! How did they even allow it?
    
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- ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Acetaminophen / Paracetamol is probably the one I see the most.
  
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captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Bendalloy is a commercial name, which is for the best because we’d hate for Wayne to burn Wood’s metal

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