From eadf05d73a770e11957f9504aa84967d6ac75103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carsten Niehaus Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:39:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Revert the last change for legal reasons. The involved people have been notified. svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/libkdeedu/; revision=791429 --- libscience/data/elements.xml | 158 +++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-) diff --git a/libscience/data/elements.xml b/libscience/data/elements.xml index d910b0c..eb509a4 100644 --- a/libscience/data/elements.xml +++ b/libscience/data/elements.xml @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ 13.5984 0.75420375 2.20 - from the Greek, 'hydor' for water and 'genetor' for parent, originator; named so because it is the basic component of water + Greek 'hydro' and 'gennao' for 'forms water' 0.37 1.2 1.00 1.00 1.00 @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ 4.002603254 24.5874 0 - from the Greek 'helios' for sun. + The Greek word for the sun was 'helios' 0.32 1.4 0.85 1.00 1.00 @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ 5.3917 0.618049 0.98 - from 'lithos', one of the Greek words for 'stone'. + Greek 'lithos' means 'stone' 1.34 2.2 0.80 0.50 1.00 @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ 9.3227 0 1.57 - from the Greek 'beryllos', the name of greenish stones found in large masses of water. + Greek 'beryllos' for 'light-green stone' 0.90 1.9 0.76 1.00 0.00 @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ 11.2603 1.262118 2.55 - from the Latin 'carbo' for coal. + Latin 'carboneum' for carbon 0.77 1.7 0.50 0.50 0.50 @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ 14.5341 -0.07 3.04 - from the Greek 'nitron' for salpeter and 'genetor' for parent, originator. Although the name Nitogen is certainly correct because it describes a property of the element, the German name ('Stickstoff' for 'which suffocates') or the French ('azote' from the Greek 'azoton' for 'lacking life') would be more appropriate as this element is totally unsupportive of life. This is an important property for humans and all other living organisms to know. + Latin 'nitrogenium' ('forms saltpeter') 0.75 1.6 0.05 0.05 1.00 @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ 13.6181 1.4611120 3.44 - from the Greek, 'oxy' one of the meanings of which isacid and 'genetor' for parent, originator; named so because it is the basic component of all acids. + Latin 'oxygenium' (forms acids) 0.73 1.55 1.00 0.05 0.05 @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ 17.4228 3.4011887 3.98 - from the Latin 'fluere' which means 'to flow'. + Latin 'fluere' ('floats') 0.71 1.5 0.70 1.00 1.00 @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ 19.99244018 21.5645 0 - from the neutral form of the Greek adjective 'neos' for new. + Greek 'neo'. meaning 'new' 0.69 1.54 0.70 0.89 0.96 @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ 5.1391 0.547926 0.93 - Named Sodium by the discoverer and Natrium by Jacob Berzelius in 1813. Sodium comes from the Arabic 'suda' for soda and Natrium from the Arabic 'natrun' or the Hebrew 'neter' for soda. + Arabic 'natrun' for 'soda' 1.54 2.4 0.67 0.36 0.95 @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ 7.6462 0 1.31 - from the Latin version of the Greek word 'magnesion'; this refers to the area 'Magnesia' in Central Greece where ore containing Magnesium was found the first time; the ore also contained Iron and therefore exhibited magnetic properties; this explains the name though Magnesium itself is not magnetic. + Named after the city of Magnesia 1.30 2.2 0.54 1.00 0.00 @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ 5.9858 0.43283 1.61 - from the Latin 'alumen', Meaning unknown. + Latin 'alumen' 1.18 2.1 0.75 0.65 0.65 @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ 8.1517 1.389521 1.90 - from the Latin 'silex' for flint, pebble. + Latin 'silex' 1.11 2.1 0.50 0.60 0.60 @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ 10.4867 0.7465 2.19 - the Latin version of the Greek 'phosphoros' which means 'light carrier, from 'phos' light and 'phoreas' for carrier, bringer. + Greek 'phosphoros' for 'carries light' 1.06 1.95 1.00 0.50 0.00 @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ 10.3600 2.0771029 2.58 - Sulfur is the original Latin word for brimstone. The origin of the name is still disputed. + In sanskrit 'sweb' means 'to sleep' 1.02 1.8 1.00 1.00 0.19 @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ 39.96238312 15.7596 0 - from the neutral form of the Greek adjective 'argos' for slowly-moving, idle, lazy, inactive. + Greek 'aergon' for 'inactive' 0.97 1.88 0.50 0.82 0.89 @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ 4.3407 0.501459 0.82 - the name Potassium comes from the English 'pot-ash'; named so because it was found in the ashes of plants burnt in pots; the symbol 'K' comes from 'Kalium' the name used in German and other languages and comes from the Arabic 'al-qali' for 'ash of burnt plants'. + Arabic 'al qaliy' for potash 1.96 2.8 0.56 0.25 0.83 @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ 6.1132 0.02455 1.00 - from the Latin 'calx' for lime. + Latin 'calx' for 'lime' 1.74 2.4 0.24 1.00 0.00 @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ 6.5615 0.188 1.36 - Scandium is an artificial Latin word derived from Scandinavia; it was named so by his discoverer. + Named because it was found in Scandinavia 1.44 2.3 0.90 0.90 0.90 @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ 6.8281 0.084 1.54 - the Latin version of the artificial Greek word 'titanion' which could be translated with huge; the name derives from the 'Titans'. + The Titans were giants in Greek mythology 1.36 2.15 0.75 0.76 0.78 @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ 6.7462 0.525 1.63 - from 'Vanadis', the second name of the Goddess Freya, an important deity of the Germanic (Nordic) religion. + 'Vanadis' is another name for the Nordic goddess Freyja 1.25 2.05 0.65 0.65 0.67 @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ 6.7665 0.67584 1.66 - from the Greek 'chroma' for color, paint. + Greek 'chroma' means 'color' 1.27 2.05 0.54 0.60 0.78 @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ 7.9024 0.151 1.83 - from the Latin 'ferrum' for iron. + Latin 'ferrum' 1.25 2.05 0.50 0.48 0.78 @@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ 7.8810 0.6633 1.88 - from the German 'Kobold' for 'goblin', a mischievous and often evil and malicious spirit in the Germanic religion. + Named after the German word 'Kobold' for 'goblin' 1.26 2 0.44 0.48 0.78 @@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ 7.6398 1.15716 1.91 - 'Nickel' was the name of a goblin in the Germanic religion seems to be a pet form of the name Nicolaos. The metal was called 'Kupfernickel' originally, it is simplified to Nickel today. + 'Nickel' was the name of a mountain goblin 1.21 2 0.36 0.48 0.76 @@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ 7.7264 1.23578 1.90 - the symbol 'Cu', the name 'copper' and corresponding names in other European languages (e.g. Kupfer in German, cuivre ion French) derive from the Latin 'cuprium' which derives from the Latin 'cyprium' which derives from the Greek 'kypros', the name of the Greek island Kypros. The earliest use of copper is believed (recorded by Greek historians and Geographers) to have been in India around the year 3000 BC. + Greek 'cuprum' for Cypres 1.38 2 1.00 0.48 0.38 @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ 9.3942 0 1.65 - from the German 'Zink' for 'rough edge' or 'rough point'. It has been suggested that the name has Greek roots but this is not likely, the Greeks have always called this element 'pseudargyros' which means 'phony silver'; the claim that it comes from the Persian 'sing' is more likely but also incorrect. + German 'zinking' for 'rough'. because zinc ore is very rough 1.31 2.1 0.49 0.50 0.69 @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ 5.9993 0.41 1.81 - from 'Gallia', the Latin name of present-day France, Southern Belgium (Wallonia) and a small part of Western Switzerland (Suisse Romande). + 'Gallia' is an old name for France 1.26 2.1 0.76 0.56 0.56 @@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ 7.8994 1.232712 2.01 - from 'Germania', the Latin name of Central and parts of Eastern and Northern Europe; the Romans included in Germania also The Netherlands and Northern Belgium (Flanders). + Latin 'germania' is an old name for Germany 1.22 2.1 0.40 0.56 0.56 @@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ 9.7886 0.814 2.18 - from the Greek 'arsenikos' for male. + Greek 'arsenikos' for 'male' or 'bold' 1.19 2.05 0.74 0.50 0.89 @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ 9.7524 2.02067 2.55 - from the Greek 'Selene', the name of the Goddess of the moon and of the moon itself. + Greek 'selena' for 'moon' 1.16 1.9 1.00 0.63 0.00 @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ 11.8138 3.3635880 2.96 - from the Greek 'broma' for stench; the thing is said to stink like broama. + Greek 'bromos' for 'smells badly' 1.14 1.9 0.65 0.16 0.16 @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ 13.9996 0 3.00 - from the Greek 'kryptos' for hidden. + Greek 'kryptos' for 'hidden' 1.10 2.02 0.36 0.72 0.82 @@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ 5.6949 0.05206 0.95 - found in the mineral Strontianite which was named after the place Strontian in Scottland. + Named after the mineral Strontianit 1.92 2.55 0.00 1.00 0.00 @@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ 6.2173 0.307 1.22 - Named after the small town of Ytterby near Stockholm in Sweden. Terbium. Ytterbium and Gadolinium were also named after this town. + Named after the small town of Ytterby near Stockholm in Sweden. Terbium. Ytterbium and Gadolinium are also named after this town. 1.62 2.4 0.58 1.00 1.00 @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ 6.6339 0.426 1.33 - the name goes back to the Persian 'zargun' which means 'gold color';it became 'zarkun' in Arabic and from this, the name Zirconium derives. + Named after the mineral zircon 1.48 2.3 0.58 0.88 0.88 @@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ 6.7589 0.893 1.6 - Named after Niobe, the daughter of the legendary Greek villain-king Tantalos. + Named after Niobe. the daughter of the Greek god Tantalus 1.37 2.15 0.45 0.76 0.79 @@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ 7.0924 0.7472 2.16 - from the Greek 'molybdos' for lead, Blei in German, plumbum in Latin. + This name has Greek roots. It means 'like Platinum' - it was difficult to distinguish Molybdenum from Platinum. 1.45 2.1 0.33 0.71 0.71 @@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ 7.28 0.55 1.9 - from the Greek 'technetos' for artificial and artistic; it goes back to 'techne' which means art. + Greek 'technetos' for artificial 1.56 2.05 0.23 0.62 0.62 @@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ 7.3605 1.04638 2.2 - from 'Ruthenia', the Latin name for large parts of Eastern Europe including a small part of present-day Russia. + Ruthenia is the old name of Russia 1.26 2.05 0.14 0.56 0.56 @@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ 7.4589 1.14289 2.28 - from the Greek 'rhodon' for rose. + Greek 'rhodeos' means 'red like a rose' 1.35 2 0.04 0.49 0.55 @@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ 8.3369 0.56214 2.20 - the Latin version of the Greek 'palladion' which derives from 'Pallas' one of the many eponyms of Athena the virgin Goddess of wisdom. + Named after the asteroid Pallas 1.31 2.05 0.00 0.41 0.52 @@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ 7.5762 1.30447 1.93 - from the Latin 'argentum' for silver + Latin 'argentum' for silver 1.53 2.1 0.88 0.88 1.00 @@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ 8.9938 0 1.69 - Named after Kadmos, the legendary Prince said to be of Semitic (specifically, Phoenicean) origin and have founded Thebes, a city in Central Greece in praehistoric times. + Greek 'kadmia' ('Galmei' = Zinc carbonate) 1.48 2.2 1.00 0.85 0.56 @@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ 5.7864 0.404 1.78 - Named after 'Indigo' because of its blue spectral lines; Indigo is a kind of blue dye, the word comes from the Greek 'indikos' meaning 'from India'. + Named after 'Indigo' because of its blue spectrum 1.44 2.2 0.65 0.46 0.45 @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ 7.3439 1.112066 1.96 - from the Latin 'stannum' which is most probably of Celtic origin: 'stean' (written 'sten' today); the Greeks have been using the word 'kassiteros' which is probably of Persian origin. + Latin 'stannum' for tin 1.41 2.25 0.40 0.50 0.50 @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ 9.0096 1.970875 2.1 - from the Latin 'tellus' ('telluris') for earth (of the earth) + Latin 'tellus' or 'telluris' for 'Planet Earth' 1.35 2.1 0.83 0.48 0.00 @@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ 10.4513 3.059038 2.66 - from the Greek 'ioeides' for violett. + Greek 'ioeides' for 'violett' 1.33 2.1 0.58 0.00 0.58 @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ 12.1298 0 2.6 - from the Greek 'xenos' for foreigner, stranger, strange. + Greek 'xenos' for 'foreigner' 1.30 2.16 0.26 0.62 0.69 @@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ 3.8939 0.471626 0.79 - from the Latin 'caesius' for grey-blue. + Latin 'caesius' for 'heavenblue' 2.25 3 0.34 0.09 0.56 @@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ 5.2117 0.14462 0.89 - from the Greek 'barys' for heavy. + Greek 'barys' for 'heavy' 1.98 2.7 0.00 0.79 0.00 @@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ 5.5769 0.47 1.10 - from the Greek verb 'lanthanein' more specifically, from one of its forms 'lanthanon', 'to be latent', 'to escape notice'; best described by the German expression 'verborgen sein'; it describes a property that is present and capable of becoming but is not developed and active yet. + Greek 'lanthanein' for 'hidden'. The Lanthanoids are also called the 'rare earth' 1.69 2.5 0.44 0.83 1.00 @@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ 5.5387 0.5 1.12 - from 'Ceres' the Latin name of the Greek Goddess Demeter, the Mother Earth. + Named after the planetoid Ceres 2.48 1.00 1.00 0.78 3715 @@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ 5.473 0.5 1.13 - from the Greek 'prasinos didymos' for 'green twin.' + Greek 'prasinos didymos' for 'green twin' 2.47 0.85 1.00 0.78 3785 @@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ 5.5250 0.5 1.14 - from the Greek 'neos didymos' for 'new twin'. + Greek 'neos didymos' for 'new twin' 2.45 0.78 1.00 0.78 3347 @@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ 144.912749 5.582 0.5 - from 'Prometheas' the name of the Greek Hero (Half-God) who taught the humans how to make fire, effectively playing the role the snake plays in the Sumerian religion the story of which is saved to us via the Old Testament. + Named after the greek Prometheus. Prometheus stole the fire from the gods and gave it to mankind 2.43 0.64 1.00 0.78 3273 @@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ 5.6437 0.5 1.17 - Named in honor of the high-ranking officer in the Russian Corps of Engineers Samarskij who made possible the study of the newly discovered element around 1850. + Named after the mineral Samarskit 2.42 0.56 1.00 0.78 2067 @@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ 152.9212303 5.6704 0.5 - artificial Latin name after the Greek 'Europa', the name of the continent. + Named after Europe 2.4 0.38 1.00 0.78 1800 @@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ 6.1498 0.5 1.20 - Named after the Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin. + Named after the Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin 2.38 0.27 1.00 0.78 3545 @@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ 158.9253468 5.8638 0.5 - Named after the Norwegian town of Ytterby. + Named after the Swedish town of Ytterby 2.37 0.19 1.00 0.78 3500 @@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ 5.9389 0.5 1.22 - from the Greek 'dysprositos' for 'difficult to reach' + Greek 'dysprositor' for 'difficult to reach' 2.35 0.12 1.00 0.78 2840 @@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ 6.0215 0.5 1.23 - Holmium is an artificial Latin name created after 'holm', the second part of the compound name of the city of Stockholm; the word does not exist in the Latin language, the great city of Stockholm is not recorded anywhere as existing before the 12th century and the Roman Legions never marched that far north anyway. + Latin 'holmia' for the old name of Stockholm 2.33 0.00 1.00 0.61 2968 @@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ 6.1843 0.5 1.25 - Named after the Greek 'Thule', the name the Greek explorer Pitheas gave to Greenland when he explored the British Islands, Iceland and Greenland; a small town in Greenland is called Thule today. + Named after the old name of Scandinavia. 'Thule' 2.3 0.00 0.83 0.32 2223 @@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ 6.8251 0 1.3 - Named after 'Hafnia', the Latin name of Kopenhagen, the capital city of Denmark. + 'Hafnia' is the old name of Kopenhagen (Denmark) 1.50 2.25 0.30 0.76 1.00 @@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ 7.5496 0.322 1.5 - Latin artificial name after the legendary villain-king Tantalos. + Named after the Greek myth of Tantalos 1.38 2.2 0.30 0.65 1.00 @@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ 7.8640 0.815 2.36 - from the Swedish 'tung sten' for 'heavy stone'. The symbol 'W' comes from the older name of the element, the German 'Wolfram' for 'wolf's foam'. + 'tung sten' means 'heavy stone' in Swedish. The old name (and thus the symbol 'W') was Wolfram. named after a mineral 1.46 2.1 0.13 0.58 0.84 @@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ 7.8335 0.15 1.9 - Named after the German river Rhine, Rhein in German, rhenus in Latin; the name seems to be of Celtic origin: Ren. + Named after the German river Rhine (latin 'Rhenium') 1.59 2.05 0.15 0.49 0.67 @@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ 8.4382 1.07780 2.2 - from the Greek 'osme' for scent, smell. + Greek for 'smell'. Its oxides smell strongly like radishes 1.28 2 0.15 0.40 0.59 @@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ 8.9670 1.56436 2.20 - Named after the Greek Goddess 'Iris' who, amomg many other things, was responsible for switching on the rainbow after a storm. + Greek 'iris' for 'rainbow' 1.37 2 0.09 0.33 0.53 @@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ 8.9588 2.12510 2.28 - from the Spanish 'platina' for 'small silver'. + Spanish 'platina' means 'small silver' 1.28 2.05 0.96 0.93 0.82 @@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ 9.2255 2.30861 2.54 - Latin 'aurum'. Named after Aurora. the goddess of sunrise + Latin 'aurum'. named after Aurora. the goddess of sunrise 1.44 2.1 0.80 0.82 0.12 @@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ 10.4375 0 2.00 - Mercury comes from 'Mercur' the Latin name of the Greek god Hermes; the symbol Hg comes from the Greek 'hydrargyros' for 'liquid silver', from 'hydor' for water and 'argyros' for silver. + Graeco-Latin 'hydrargyrum' for 'liquid silver' 1.49 2.05 0.71 0.71 0.76 @@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ 7.2855 0.942363 2.02 - Bismuth is most probably a derivative from 'bisemutum' the Latin version of the German 'Wismuth' which is the original name of the element and means 'white mass' or 'white substance'. + The old name of Bismuth is 'Wismut'. This stood for 'white mass' 1.46 2.3 0.62 0.31 0.71 @@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ 0 2.8 2.2 - from the Greek 'astatos' for unsteady, changing + Greek 'astator' for 'changing' 2 0.46 0.31 0.27 610 @@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ 227.0277521 5.17 1.1 - from the Greek 'aktis' for ray; 'aktinoeides' for radiating. + Greek 'aktis' for 'beam' - actinium is radioactive 2 0.44 0.67 0.98 3470 @@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@ 243.0613811 5.9738 1.3 - Named after America, the continent. + Named after America. 2 0.33 0.36 0.95 2880 @@ -2270,7 +2270,7 @@ 247.070307 6.1979 1.3 - Named after the town of Berkeley in California where it was discovered. + Named after the town Berkeley where it was discovered. 2 0.54 0.31 0.89 983 @@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@