Topic started by Senthil (@ colosus2.iucc.ac.il) on Wed Jan 8 07:36:14 .
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I am in need of names for the following Chemical elements in tamil urgently.
1.Chlorine
2.cobalt
3.hydrogen
4.nitrogen
5.potassium
6.silicon
7. sodium
8.tungstan
9.uranium
10. Flint(Stone that is used make a very hard form of quartz that gives off sparks when it is struck by steel.
Definition 2. a piece of this stone, esp. as used in guns or fire-starting.
Definition 3. a piece of an alloy that sparks like flint, esp. as used in cigarette lighters.

Responses:

• From: AJ (@ qc-mon-pel-ap3-05-8.look.ca) on: Thu Jan 9 01:33:12
  
  I am pretty sure you are being sarcastic. We have Tamil names for the Metals used by the ancient tamils Like Irumpu (Fe), copper(Cu),Velli(Ag), Naham (Zn), Pon(Au), Eeyam(Pb) some gases like O2, Co2 etc. I think this is against the international regulation to call other metals with different names in the study of chemistry.
  
  For example if you invent a metal and named as "senthil" an other Germans scientist cannot give another name in Geraman to the same metal.
  In Srilanka we have Tamil medium schools even all sceince subjects are taught in Tamil. Although we invent and introduce many new scientific words to our Tamil vocabulary but we don't change the name of the metals but we might "Tamilze" some words like Hydrogen would be aytharasan, Nitrogen - naitharasan,Pottasium- same
  everything else is the same.( I might be wrong I didn't spend very long time in the SL school system either)
  
  
• From: Harish Kumar (@ 203.195.215.254) on: Thu Jan 9 02:09:41
  
  Potassium in tamil will be Poda Soyyam.
  
  
• From: aj (@ h216-18-119-45.gtconnect.net) on: Thu Jan 9 12:39:26
  
  Copeer( Cu) = chembu
  
  
• From: manthiravathy (@ 203.199.213.3) on: Fri Jan 10 02:45:59
  
  Oxygen - Praana Vaayu (Tamil or Sanskrit?)
  Carbon-di-oxide - Kariamila vaayu
  
  
• From: rangan (@ ) on: Sat Sep 11 15:09:31
  
  platinum - வெண்தங்கம் - veNthangam - "ligher shade" of gold
  tin - வெள்ளீயம் - "ligher shade lead"
  
  
• From: சங்கரன் (@ 12.24.57.98) on: Sat Sep 11 15:10:37 EDT 2004
  
  GRAPHITE - ezuthu kari - எழுதுகரி
  
  
• From: JOSEF (@ 12.24.57.98) on: Sat Sep 11 15:17:59 EDT 2004
  
  TITANIUM = VENVELLI - வெண்வெள்ளி
  
  
• From: cbe123 (@ ppp45-164.dsl-coim.eth.net) on: Wed Sep 29 08:19:21 EDT 2004
  
  Nacl= salt.
  
  
• From: cbe123 (@ ppp45-164.dsl-coim.eth.net) on: Wed Sep 29 08:19:31 EDT 2004
  
  Nacl= salt.
  
  
• From: cbe123 (@ ppp45-164.dsl-coim.eth.net) on: Wed Sep 29 08:19:36 EDT 2004
  
  Nacl= salt.
  
  
• From: Nedunchezhiyan (@ cache-dtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com) on: Fri Oct 1 00:00:22 EDT 2004
  
  Vipulananthar and His Research Group had already translated many of these elements into Thamizh. TN doesn't have THAMIZH BASED CURRICULUM! Hence these remains shadowed for many Thamizh people eyes.
  
  

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