What are the chemical symbols on the periodic table?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The chemical symbols are based on the element. Most of them the capital letter is the first letter in the elements name and the second letter is just another letter in the elements name. Some of them though are based off of the element's latin name.

Answer 3

Different elements on the periodic table have different symbols. The symbols of a chemical element are abbreviations that are used to denote a chemical element. Typically, they are one or two letters long with the first letter (only) capitalised.

Answer 4

Name: Thorium

Symbol: Th

Answer 5

If by symbols you mean the abbreviations for element names like Aluminum's is Al.

The symbols are called atomic symbols.

Answer 6

Chemical symbols on the periodic table are one or two letters that represent elements. Examples include H for hydrogen, O for oxygen, and Fe for iron.