Talk:IUPAC numerical multiplier
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Question I've asked several times before[edit]
Why has Latin nona- been adopted for 9 although the others are Greek?? Georgia guy 18:50, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
- Possibly due to the usual English language lack of consistency, infecting international standards bodies. In short, that's just the way it came out. ww 05:31, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
examples, please![edit]
The article recounts the rules, but does so in a particularly opaque way. We are writing an encyclopedia article here, not preaching to the organic choir, and examples really do help Average Readers make sense of such material. ww 05:31, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Why does the IUPAC use greek numeral prefixes instead of latin ones?[edit]
Why does the IUPAC use greek numeral prefixes instead of latin ones? For example, why it is called Pentane and not "Quintane". Why do they use Icosa- instead of Viginti- for the prefix for 20. Why Tetra- instead of Quad- for the prefix of 4? Please, can someone tell me why? Thanks. 24.150.217.182 (talk) 13:40, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
- Not too far above on this same talk page is why 9 is the opposite of this question. Georgia guy (talk) 13:42, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
13 trideca 14 tetradeca 15 pentadeca[edit]
13 trideca 14 tetradeca 15 pentadeca 49.146.44.1 (talk) 13:28, 10 August 2022 (UTC)