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At least Na, K, Hg, Ag, Au, Pb, Sn, and Sb. Some would also include Ga.
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Why is that sometimes an element symbol is not the first letter of its name?
Some of the chemical symbols are derived from element names in foreign languages, especially Latin.
Why do some elements have symbols that are different form their names?
Because the symbols are the first one/two letters of their Latin name. For example Iron is Fe because the latin name for iron is ferrum. addition: There was 'no domination of language English' at the time of discovery of first elements. Mendeleev used latin language. It was Latin what was used at that period in chemistry, physics and in medicine. Another example: Sodium (latin name Natrium, short symbol is Na) Another example Potassium (latin name Kalium, short symbol taken was K)
What is a combination of symbols and numbers that describes a molecule?
A combination of chemical symbols that show what elements make up a compound and the number of atoms of each element in the smallest unit of the compound is a chemical formula.
How is using symbols how can you distinguish between two different element if both start with the same letter?
Many chemical elements have a two letter symbol.
What is one of the best ways to describe element?
The short way of writing the name of an element is by using a letter which is referred to as the symbol. Some examples of symbols include hydrogen is H, oxygen is O2, neon is Ne and so many more.
Why is that sometimes an element symbol is not the first letter of its name?
Some of the chemical symbols are derived from element names in foreign languages, especially Latin.
What is the ancient name of elements?
Many element's symbols are derrived from their ancient names. These names can be researched individually. For example, Pb is the symbol for lead. It's ancient Latin name was "plumbum".
How many words can be made from element symbols?
over 3600
What are the Latin symbols used in mathematics?
Latin was the language spoken by the Romans so the obvious Latin mathematical symbols would be the Roman numeral system. Many of our mathematical words such as addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, fraction, decimal, percentage, calculate ........ etc. come directly from the Latin language.
Many languages today like French and Italian are based on what?
They are based on Latin.
What type of number after a chemical symbols tells how many atoms of that element are in single molecules?
That would be subscript.
Why do some elements have symbols that are different form their names?
Because the symbols are the first one/two letters of their Latin name. For example Iron is Fe because the latin name for iron is ferrum. addition: There was 'no domination of language English' at the time of discovery of first elements. Mendeleev used latin language. It was Latin what was used at that period in chemistry, physics and in medicine. Another example: Sodium (latin name Natrium, short symbol is Na) Another example Potassium (latin name Kalium, short symbol taken was K)
What are many words in the English language are based upon?
Many are based on the Latin language, often indirectly through French.
Is Portuguese a Latin based language?
Yes. Portuguese along with Spanish, French, Romanian and Italian are Latin based languages. English has about 45% Latin based words with the remainder being derived from Low German, Anglo Saxon and Celt. A search through a dictionary will reveal just how many of our words are Latin based. One example is the word "via" which we know as "by way of" and it is the Latin for road.
Is English latin based?
Partially. It has many Latin words or parts. Same with French, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Why is there a K for potassium on the periodic table?
Like many element symbols that don't seem to make any sense whatsoever (I.e., Gold=Au, Silver=Ag, etc...), an element's symbol is derived from their Latin Name. The symbol P is being used by the element Phosphorous, so Potassium's symbol is K, for it's latin name, kalium, which means "potash".
How many letter symbols can an element have?
Most elements have either 1 or 2 letters but some elements such as Ununpentium, have 3 (Uup)
