Talk: Trillium 323

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Shouldn't it rather be Trillium ³²³? Like CO². The number is the value. U use them as an equation, 'to the power of'.Forerunner

The two examples you use are completely different cases. CO'2' is a formula where '2' represents the number of oxygen atoms in the CO2 molecule, where Trillium's number is a modifier which describes something about the Trillium molecule. I don't know the proper chemistry scripts for either, we should probably look those up. -- Captain MKB 17:36, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

If it is intended to be an isotope of trillium (which is a N.Amer. flower, btw) then Trillium-323 would be the name, with ³²³T (or whatever fictional abbrev. you want to give it) being the chemical symbol. --Alan 17:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Having looked them up, I see that the actual correct molecular formula notation for a molecule would be "CO₂" (with a subscript).

I realised Yrday but didn't go on computer. Also i didn't know how to make the <sub></sub> thing.

Furthermore, Alan is exactly right, an element that has an appended modifier is properly "Uranium 238" (or "Uranium-238"), and is only superscripted when abbreviated (²³⁸U)

Since we don't know of the atomic abbreviation for "Trillium 323", I'm not sure we could use the superscript notation properly (it would be ³²³Xx) but I'm not sure what we would be canonically allowed to decide to put for Xx). -- Captain MKB 17:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)