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-ium
suff.
Chemical element or group: californium.
-ium,
1 suffix used to name metallic elements: radium, sodium.
2 suffix for quaternary ammonium derivatives.


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Hall's domination of production of the metal ensured that the spelling aluminum became the standard in North America, even though the Webster Unabridged Dictionary of 1913 continued to use the -ium version.
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