OK. Read this then: http://www.world-aluminium.org/history/language.html
Quick summary for those too lazy to read it: Aluminium is the official name according to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists (it stays with the convenetion of naming the majority of elements with a -ium suffix) Aluminum is the proper name according to the American Chemical Society Aluminium was the name used by Sir Humphry Davy (the man who confirmed the extistence of the element) (well, it was the name, after he thought about, and discarded, both Alumium and Aluminum) C.M. Hall (an American who, at the same time as a Frenchman named P. H�roult, invented a process for aluminium smelting) named his company the Pittsburgh Aluminium Company (1888) Hall would change the company name to the Aluminum Company of America in 1907 So, even quicker summary: both spellings are equally valid ALSO: >From the Australian Alcoa site: http://www.alcoa.com.au/smelting/index.shtml Another one: http://www.agro.alcoa.com/greenhouse/drains.asp?locking=unlock So Alcoa DOES use the word 'aluminium' as well. ----------------------------------------------------- >>| From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>| >>| >From Alcoa's site: >>| >>| "Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum, >>| fabricated aluminum and alumina..." >>| >>| The inventor called in aluminum, and the largest producer >>| of it calls it aluminum, but some ivory tower academes in >>| 1812 thought it didn't sound nifty enough and so now we >>| have whole countries flinging an extra syllable for flair. ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
