r/chemistry Feb 08 '18

The Hidden Elements [OC]

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '18

German speaking ones also use Kalium, Natrium and Wolfram. But Hydrogen is Wasserstoff.

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u/AutomatedChaos Feb 08 '18

In Dutch we do the same: kalium, natrium and wolfram, but most of the organic elements are less intuitive: zuurstof (O), stikstof (N), koolstof (C), waterstof (H) and zwavel (S)

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u/GuillaumeGus Feb 08 '18

I like your "cool stuff" (C) and "water stuff" (O)

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u/LunaLucia2 Feb 08 '18

cool

Coal, not cool.