Random thought

[helblonde]

We went to SoCal over the weekend for my cousin's wedding. (Yay!) It was a long drive. (Ugh.) So I had lots of time to think. So, random road question: if you had the opportunity to name a newly-discovered element, what would you call it? Would you use the common -ium ending (Plutonium, Helium, Californium)? Try for the sexy -gen ending (Nitrogen,

Comments

[madbaker]

I kind of like Obtanium (Ob).

[kahnegabs]

LOL

[evil_macaroni]

The "gen" suffix is used to tell you what an element creates when it reacts (hydro = water) so I would stick with an "ium" suffix. If I was the discoverer, I would push to have it bear my name!

[helblonde]

Ah, Macaronium, then. Symbol Chz?

[helblonde]

I'm partial to naming after famous people who have advanced science (Nobelium, Curium, etc.), so I'd go for Aldrinium (Bz)

[j_i_m_r]

Moon rocks contain armalcolite, a mineral first discovered on the moon and named for Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

[acanthusleaf]

Feynmanium (Fy).