SYMBOLS AND FORMULAE

/ F=lrst _Caf>ltal Letter Representing the name of

_ the Element
Element Symboi Element Symbol
Boron - B Oxygen 0
Carbon C p
Phosphorus
Fluorine .
F Sulphur s
Hydrogen H Uranium .U
Iodine I
J

Vanadium V
Two letters are used to represent most of the elements.
Given below is the list of the elements whose symbols are
- written using two letters. The first 1·etter is always capital.
Two Letters Representing the name
of the Element
Element Symbol Element Symb~I
'
Aluminium Al Magnesium Mg
. Argon Ar Manganese ·Mn
Arsenic As Molybdenum Mo
Astatine At. Nickel Ni
Barium Ba Neon Ne
-
Strontium Sr
Beryllium . Be
,

Bi Silicon Si
Bismuth
Br
'
Palladium Pd
Bromine
Cd Platinum Pt
Cadmium
Radium Ra
Calcium Ca
Radon Rn
Chlorine Cl
Rubid~um Rb
Chromium Cr
Zinc. Zh
Cobalt Co
Selenium Se.
Gallium Ga
\ Si
He Si Ii.con
Helium Te
;
Li Tellurium
Lithium ,nents whose symbols
.
Given below is the IISt of th e ~l,e
are derived from Latin name5 •
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•lff fll) ~ymbols Derived From Latin Names 4fflfitfb Elements After the Names of the Planets
Element Name of the planet Symbol
Element Latin Name Symbol
Uranium Uranus u
Antimony Stibium Sb
Neptunium Neptune Np
Copper Cuprum Cu
Plutonium Pluto Pu
Gold Aurum Au
Example 1. A student has written the symbols, MN,
Ferrum Fe Ca,
Iron PB, Cr, Al. Which are wrong symbols? Correct them and
write
Lead Plumbum Pb their names.
Hydrargyrum Hg Solution.
Mercury
Potassium Kalium K Wrong Symbol Correct Symbol Name .-
Silver Argentum Ag MN Mn Manganese
Sodium Natrium Na i
I
- Ca Calcium
I
Stannum Sn PB Pb Lead
Tin
Tungsten Wolfram w - Cr Chromium
AL
411!9 Elements After the Names of the Scientists Al Aluminium
• Some elements with their approximate atomic weigh
Name of the Scientist ts.
Element Symbol are given in the Table 2.7.
r- Curium Madam Curie cm- '-.di J• The Elements an~ their Atomic Masses
Einsteinium Albert Einstein Es Atomic Name Symbol Relative atomic mass
Fermium Enrico Fermi Fm number Approx. Accurate
Nobelium ,l Hydrogen H
Alfred Nobel No 1.0 1.008
Mandelevium Mandeleef \) 2 Helium He 4.0 4.003
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4fflfitfj.-.Names of the Elem~nts After the Names of the 3
4
Lithium
Beryllium
Li·
Be.
7.0
Countries and Laboratories 9.0 9.012'
Element I 5 Boron B 11 10.81
Country or Laboratory Symbol \ 6 Carbon C 12 12.01
Berkelium City of Berkley . Bk. 7 Nitrogen N 14 14.01 •
Californium University of California Cf 8 Oxygen 0 . 16 • 16.00'
Polonium Poland Po 9 Fluorine F 19 19.00
Americium America Am .\ 10 Neon Ne 20 20.18
Ruthenium 11 Sodium ~a

r
Russia '23
Germanium German
Ru
Ge
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22.99