Chemical Symbols

Chemical Symbols

used by chemists to represent

elements in a shorter manner
each element has its own unique
symbol
Since chemistry is an international
enterprise, chemical symbols are
determined by international
agreement.

John Daltons Chart of

Elements

The name of each element is derived either from the

name of a scientist, the country where it was
discovered, or words from early civilization languages.

most of the elements have a single letter

symbol or a double letter symbol where the
first letter is always capitalized
most of the symbols of elements are derived
from their English names but some others are
derived from words from early civilization
languages

there are also elements that are

consist of three letter symbol, these
are the elements Ununbium (Uub),
Ununtrium (Uut), Ununquadium
(Uuq), Ununpentium (Uup),
Ununhexium (Uuh), Ununseptium
(Uus) and Ununoctium (Uuo)
these chemical names and symbols
are just temporarily given by the
IUPAC (International Union of Pure
and Applied Chemistry) since these
elements are still under study

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