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SINCE the discovery of the transuranic elements, a consistent method of naming the newly discovered metallic elements has been adopted. All these new elements have been given names ending in “-ium”. It seems pertinent now that systematic changes are evident both in scientific nomenclature and in measuring units to discuss some aspects of the naming of metallic elements.
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WOLFENDEN, A. Nomenclature of Metallic Elements. Nature 211, 632 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211632a0
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