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Symbols represent name of the element. They signify the position of element in periodic table.
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The symbol for the element Carbon is C .
It is an abbreviation for a chemical element.
All alphabets are written in symbols. The Hebrew symbols are just different from the English symbols.
The chemists' shorthand for elements is called chemical symbols. For example, instead of writing out 'selenium,' it can be quickly written as 'Se.'
Written symbols are symbols used for a written language.
It's easier to navigate the periodic table and write chemical equations and formulae once you know the symbols for the elements. However, sometimes it's easy to confuse symbols of elements with similar names. Other elements have symbols that don't seem to relate to their names at all! For these elements, the symbol usually refers to an older element name that isn't used any more. Here's an alphabetical list of element symbols with the corresponding element name. Keep in mind that the names for the elements (and their symbols) may be different in languages other than English.
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Some symbols are abbreviations for the Latin name for an element. For example, iron is Fe, Latin for "ferrum".
For the alchemic symbols see this list.