> >
> > Never understood why salt (NaCL0
>
> Shouldn't that be NaCl?
>
> > is 'natrium' in the rest of the world, and
>
> > 'sodium' in English speaking countries (while the chemical sign is 'Na' -
> > but I digress.... :-)
>
> Well, the chemical sign "C" stands for "Kohlenstoff" (carbon) in german, and
> "O" stands for "Sauerstoff" (Oxygenium). So this isn't exactly intuitive,
> too. (The chemical symbols are from the latin words, so they are propably
> most intuitive in italian?).
Not always. Natrium is "Sodio" here (NaCl="cloruro di sodio", salt).
Hg (Hydrargyrium, i.e. "silver liquid or silver alive") is "Mercurio" here
(Mercury). N = Nitrogenum here is "Azoto".
Bye.
Giuseppe.
