So I have a question. I see this done both ways in fics. Is kryptonite capitalized or not?
Okay, I know we
usually see kryptonite capitalized, and most people assume this because the word is based on the word Krypton as in the planet Krypton. The
element krypton is not capitalized. I don't agree that kryptonite should be capitalized, and I’ll give you my reasoning. The elements in the periodic table are
not capitalized. Otherwise you would see the words sodium, potassium, calcium, etc. capitalized. Even elements that were named after places and people - ie: germanium (Ge) - for Germany, californium (Cf) - for the State of California and for the University of California, curium (Cm) - for Pierre and Marie Curie, and rutherfordium (Rf) - for Ernest Rutherford. Yes, when you see a list of the elements, they might be capitalized, but then most lists are capitalized. It
is somewhat common to capitalize the abbreviations - ie: Na for sodium, K for postassium, Ca for calcium, etc.
Here’s the link where I got the info about the names…
periodic elements So what do you guys think?
