kalkulat@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFirms are exploring sodium batteries as an alternative to lithiumwww.economist.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkFirms are exploring sodium batteries as an alternative to lithiumwww.economist.comkalkulat@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoSodium = Natrium IDK why English speakers insist on calling it Sodium on an international forum?
minus-squareThalion@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBecause we’re speaking English, not Latin?
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’ve never heard natrium before. I guess I could learn. We could also call pineapples ananas.
Sodium = Natrium
IDK why English speakers insist on calling it Sodium on an international forum?
Because we’re speaking English, not Latin?
Romani ite domum!
I’ve never heard natrium before. I guess I could learn. We could also call pineapples ananas.