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minus-squareximtor@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·6 days agoIt confused me a bit when reading the Mistborn series. Wtf is aluminum and why have i never heard of that? Do they just call Aluminium differently because of story reasons? Did i miss something? Are the other metals correct? Good books tho
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·5 days agoAluminum is the original name for the element. It was changed to be more in line with the others in its group.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoBendalloy is a commercial name, which is for the best because we’d hate for Wayne to burn Wood’s metal
It confused me a bit when reading the Mistborn series. Wtf is aluminum and why have i never heard of that? Do they just call Aluminium differently because of story reasons? Did i miss something? Are the other metals correct?
Good books tho
Aluminum is the original name for the element. It was changed to be more in line with the others in its group.
Bendalloy is a commercial name, which is for the best because we’d hate for Wayne to burn Wood’s metal