• Question: Do you prefer the old names for elements (dephlogisticated-air > oxygen) or the ones we use today?

    Asked by anon-317048 on 30 Mar 2022.
    • Photo: Jasmine Almond

      Jasmine Almond answered on 30 Mar 2022:

      I prefer the ones used today as these are the ones I am most familiar with.

    • Photo: Ian McKinley

      Ian McKinley answered on 31 Mar 2022:

      The new ones are easier, so better with them. These names do, however, reflect some old misunderstandings of chemistry and some chemical symbols relate back to old names in latin, but its probably not worth changing anything now.

    • Photo: Andrew Parrott

      Andrew Parrott answered on 31 Mar 2022:

      Names change with usage and our understanding of the elements. I prefer the ones that are commonly used today as these are the ones I know and understand (in fact had to look up what dephlogisticated-air was).

    • Photo: Veselina Georgieva

      Veselina Georgieva answered on 1 Apr 2022:

      I prefer the new ones as I am more used to them

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