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Symbol Z comes from the German word Zahl 'number',

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Not a singular "Z", but there are two:

Zn- Zinc

Zr- Zirconium.

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Z is from Zahl (number in the German language).

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The atomic number is the number of protons in that element

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It is only a covention (A from atomic, Z from a number).

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Because Atomic starts with an 'A'

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Z aka baka se jonno.

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