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No. Most of the symbols for elements are derived from their names in English. Most of the elements were not even known in ancient Greece.
Symbols are used to shorten the names of the elements.
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The elemental symbols used in chemistry are derived from several sources. Some symbols are based on the Latin or Greek names of the elements. For example, the symbol for gold (Au) comes from the Latin word "aurum." Other symbols are derived from the English names of elements, such as the symbol for hydrogen (H). Additionally, some symbols are derived from the discoverer's name or a common property of the element.
Some of the chemical symbols are derived from element names in foreign languages, especially Latin.
Many elements names are of Greek and Latin words. Some elements are name after where named after countries like France, German ect.
some elements do not use their first letters of their English names as their symbols. The symbols for these elements may come from the names of the elements in a different language.
No. Most of the symbols for elements are derived from their names in English. Most of the elements were not even known in ancient Greece.
The symbols are universal and the names are different in each language
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Symbols are used to shorten the names of the elements.
Symbols come from latin names of the elements. Example: Tungsten(W), W stands for wolfram.
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It is filled with the names (or chemical symbols) of elements.
All elements that don't currently have IUPAC systematic placeholder names have one or two letter chemical symbols. So, currently, elements 1 (Hydrogen) to 112 (Copernicium) have one or two letter symbols.
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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