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 Dalton’s 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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