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+The accompanying file "The Atomic Elements" is a dictionary file for
+use with the excellent, freeware, spell-checker program "Excalibur" by
+Rick Zaccone and Robert Gottshall, which may be obtained from their
+website at http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~excalibr/excalibur.html
+
+Whilst the standard (i.e. American-English) dictionary that
+accompanies "Excalibur" does contain the names of the first 103
+elements (hydrogen (H) to lawrencium (Lr)), it does not include their
+associated chemical symbols. Also, since it is an American-English
+dictionary, it spells "aluminium" (pronounced "al-yu-min-ee-um") as
+"aluminum" ("a-loo-mi-num") since this is how Americans pronounce it.
+
+To address these issues, this dictionary contains the accepted English
+spellings, as given by the International Union of Pure and Applied
+Chemistry (IUPAC), of:
+
+- 109 named elements and their chemical symbols: hydrogen (H) to
+ meitnerium (Mt). (Elements 104-108 are rutherfordium (Rf), (Db),
+ seaborgium (Sg), bohrium (Bh) and hassium (Hs).)
+
+- Temporary IUPAC names and chemical symbols for the discovered
+ elements 110-112. (These are ununnilium (Uun), unununium (Uuu) and
+ ununbium (Uub). See below for IUPAC nomenclature for unnamed
+ elements.)
+
+- Temporary IUPAC names and chemical symbols for the recently
+ discovered "superheavy" elements 114, 116, 118. (These are
+ ununquadium (uuq), ununhexium (uuh) and ununoctium (uuo).)
+
+- Temporary IUPAC names and chemical symbols for the UNDISCOVERED
+ elements 113, 115, 117, 119 and 120 (ununtrium (Uut), ununpentium
+ (Uup), ununseptium (Uus), ununennium (Uue) and unbinilium (Ubn)) for
+ those who need to write a paper discussing these "missing" elements.
+
+- The two isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium (D or [2,1]H) and tritium (T
+ or [3,1]H)
+
+- Aludium Phosdex, the Shaving Cream Atom (only joking!)
+
+Obviously, this dictionary is only really useful to a dedicated few,
+namely scientists and students, but I hope that it is as useful to
+someone else as it has been to me. Should any new elements be
+discovered/created/named then please let me know.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Extra information on the elements
+
+Should you require extra information on the elements then I would
+recommend the following web site:
+
+http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/web-elements
+
+
+IUPAC nomenclature for unnamed elements
+
+Temporary IUPAC names for (un)discovered elements follows a set of
+easily understood rules. The digits of the element's atomic/proton
+number are replaced by the following alphabetic sequences:
+
+Atomic/proton number digit Alphabetic replacement Chemical symbol letter
+
+0 nil n
+1 un u
+2 bi b
+3 tri t
+4 quad q
+5 pent p
+6 hex h
+7 sept s
+8 oct o
+9 enn e
+
+and given the familiar ending "ium." The chemical symbol letter is
+simply the first letter of each of the alphabetic replacements. For
+example, the next sequential element to be discovered has an
+atomic/proton number of 113. The temporary IUPAC name is therefore:
+
+1 un u
+1 un u
+3 tri t
+ + ium
+
+"un-un-tri-ium" or "ununtrium" (the double-i being contracted), with
+chemical symbol "Uut".
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Laurence Passmore (lmop2@cam.ac.uk)
+6th July 1999
+
+The title logos/icons and the program "Excalibur" are hereby
+recognised as being copyright Medieval Ventures 1992-99
+----------------------------------------------------------------------