It IS a chemical symbol: it is used for hexoses like glucose, fructose and a lot of (less common) isomers of these two.
C6H12O6 is the formula for glucose.
The chemical symbol is an abbreviation of the chemical name for a chemical element.
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The chemical name is boron and its symbol is B.
Po is the chemical symbol for Polonium.
The chemical name for Cu is Copper.
The name is only radium, with the chemical symbol Ra.
C12H22O11 is sucrose and C6H12O6 is glucose
Name: Glucose Chemical formula: C6H12O6
The chemical symbol is an abbreviation of the chemical name for a chemical element.
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Potassium has a chemical symbol that is derived from a Latin name.
The chemical name is boron and its symbol is B.
Lithium got its chemical symbol from the first two letters of its name.
Potassium, also called kalium has the chemical symbol K.
The name is mendelevium, no other; the chemical symbol is Md.
Francium is the official name and the chemical symbol is Fr.
Some of them got their symbol from their Latin name.