Re: [lojban] Re: Chemical elements

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 16 June 2010 12:42:54 Gabriel Koulikov wrote:
> Maybe "pi'e" could be used to separate the isotope number?  If it's
> not already used with chemical compounds, that should minimize
> potential ambiguity.

Not sure what you mean. "nikle pi'e mubi" isn't grammatical. Specifying an 
isotope in a chemical compound formula is rare; it's done with water and 
uranium hexafluoride, and I've seen it on Lysol or some such, but that's 
about it.

> Especially if people think of expanding into biochem. :-)  Any Lojban
> names for omega-3 fatty acids yet? (or the citric acid cycle, myelin,
> myofibrils, microtubules, etc.?)

There's a picture of some molecular models on Wikipedia 
called "Rasyslami.jpg", and the Lojban version may still be on nuzban. (The 
source was a program that produced POV-Ray output. I've lost it.) From 
memory: slamlraxidoni, slamlraxidi, kobyslami (?).

For citric acid, I'd say nimryslami. The others I don't know.

Pierre
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Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.

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