Elements ending in -ium are metals. Sodium and Calcium are alkali metals.
because ium is a scientific word for elementIt is a Latin word suffix for nouns identifying their syntactic place in a sentence. Another Latin word suffix is us. One means subject and the other means object of sentence, but I can't remember which is which right now.
If you aren't counting the ones that end in -ium, as they technically also end in -um, you are left with Molybdenum, Tantalum, Lanthanum and Platinum. Depending on where you live, you will also have Aluminum, although in many countries it is known as Aluminium
Approx. 25 chemical elements were known in 1800.
The elements with the electron configurations that end in ns 2 and np 5 are halogens, group VII A elements.
Calcium, Potassium, and Helium
39 from main table + all 14 lanthanides +all 14 actinides (but looking for elements<101 so, only 11) Hence, 64/100 elements with names ending in -ium.
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Elements ending in -ium are metals. Sodium and Calcium are alkali metals.
because ium is a scientific word for elementIt is a Latin word suffix for nouns identifying their syntactic place in a sentence. Another Latin word suffix is us. One means subject and the other means object of sentence, but I can't remember which is which right now.
Binary compounds generally end i with the suffix -ide.
If you aren't counting the ones that end in -ium, as they technically also end in -um, you are left with Molybdenum, Tantalum, Lanthanum and Platinum. Depending on where you live, you will also have Aluminum, although in many countries it is known as Aluminium
Most are solid and weakly paramagnetic metals. Exception of Helium, etc.
There are many suffixes used with naming compounds. The suffixes most commonly used are -ous, -ide,-ite, -ic, or -ate.
Check out the perodic table of elements if you haven't already. There are quite a few words ending in -ium. Aside from that, opium is valid.
One word with the root "ium" is "potassium."