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What is the one or two letter character used to identify an element?
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The character(s) used to identify an element depends on the element. For example, one character elements can be S (sulfur), O (oxygen), N (Nitrogen) etc. Some example of two letter elements might be sodium (Na), silver (Ag), gold (Au), magnesium (Mg), and others.
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A capital letter or a combination of a capital letter and a small letter that is used to represent an element is called?
Chemical Symbol
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WHAT IS A COMBINATION OF A CAPITAL LETTER AND A SMALL LETTER THAT IS USED TO REPRESENT AN ELEMENT IS CALLED AN?
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Why are emission spectra called the fingerprints of the elements?
Because an emission spectrum is specific to an element.It can be used to identify the element
What is the only letter that is not used as a symbol for an element?
the only two letters in the element symbol are J and Q
