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Cel´ti`um


n.1.(Chem.) The first proposed name for a supposed new element of the rare-earth group, accompanying lutecium and scandium in the gadolinite earths. It is now considered identical to Lutetium. The proposed symbol was Ct (no period), but this name and symbol are no longer used.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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I have ignored the Latin names used for some of the elements (for example, NATRIUM, STANNUM and STIBIUM) and I have also ignored old/earlier/suggested/preliminary names used for some of the elements (eg BRIMSTONE for SULPHUR/SULFUR, CELTIUM for HAFNIUM, and TYRIUM for NEODYMIUM).
NANOBIOPHARMACEUTICALS also has ALABAMINE (suggested name for ASTATINE), ATHENIUM (proposed name for EINSTEINIUM), BRIMSTONE (old name for SULPHUR/SULFUR), CELTIUM (suggested name for the discredited discovery of HAFNIUM), NATRIUM (Latin name for SODIUM), NITON (former name for RADON), NORIUM (suggested name for the discredited discovery of HAFNIUM), POLICIUM (proposed name for DARMSTADTIUM), SPECTRIUM (suggested name for YTTERBIUM), and STIBIUM (Latin name for ANTIMONY) Darryl Francis
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