What do the following letters all have in common?
B, C, F, H, I, K, N, O, P, S, U, V, W & Y.
(In reply to
This has to be the answer by Dan)
Obviously, there is no K in potassium and no W in Tungsten. Both come from the Latin words for these elements, kalium and wolframium (respectively).
Other such elements include Tin (Sn, latin Stannus), Lead (Pb, latin Plumbum), Mercury (Hg, latin Hydrargyrus), Copper (Cu, latin Cuprum), Silver (Ag, latin Argentum), Gold (Au, latin Aurum), Iron (Fe, latin Ferrum), Chromium (Cr, greek Color), Sodium (Na, egyptian Natron).
So, yeah. There is a K in potassium, sort of.
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Posted by Sniper59
on 2003-11-02 01:59:31 |
re: This has to be the answer
