--- Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:
"iso-propyl alcohol" is the "old"
name for it; "iso-propanol" is a more
modern version of the same name;
Agreed.
the "systematic" name (used almost
everywhere *by chemists*)
is "propan-2-ol"...
Since it's been years since I've been in a chem lab... when did this
naming convention hit the States? In 1985, I'm fairly certain we
called it isopropanol. Perhaps my education was behind the times.
Even
"aluminum" is different, but I don't remember how different...
You mean "aluminium" :-) Like sodium, potassium, uranium, ...
Platinium... err, wait... nevermind. ;-)
-ethan
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