All chemical elements have a one or two letter abbreviation. It is simply a shorthand way of writing the name of an element. It is particularly useful when describing chemical equations or combinations of elements in chemical compounds.
Below is a list of elements and their abbreviations.
Ac Actinium
Ag Silver
Al Aluminum
Am Americium
Ar Argon
As Arsenic
At Astatine
Au Gold
B Boron
Ba Barium
Be Beryllium
Bh Bohrium
Bi Bismuth
Bk Berkelium
Br Bromine
C Carbon
Ca Calcium
Cd Cadmium
Ce Cerium
Cf Californium
Cl Chlorine
Cm Curium
Co Cobalt
Cn Copernicium
Cr Chromium
Cs Cesium
Cu Copper
Db Dubnium
Ds Darmstadtium
Dy Dysprosium
Er Erbium
Es Einsteinium
Eu Europium
F Fluorine
Fe Iron
Fm Fermium
Fr Francium
Ga Gallium
Gd Gadolinium
Ge Germanium
H Hydrogen
He Helium
Hf Hafnium
Hg Mercury
Ho Holmium
Hs Hassium
I Iodine
In Indium
Ir Iridium
K Potassium
Kr Krypton
La Lanthanum
Li Lithium
Lr Lawrencium
Lu Lutetium
Md Mendelevium
Mg Magnesium
Mn Manganese
Mo Molybdenum
Mt Meitnerium
N Nitrogen
Na Sodium
Nb Niobium
Nd Neodymium
Ne Neon
Ni Nickel
No Nobelium
Np Neptunium
O Oxygen
Os Osmium
P Phosphorus
Pa Protactinium
Pb Lead
Pd Palladium
Pm Promethium
Po Polonium
Pr Praseodymium
Pt Platinum
Pu Plutonium
Ra Radium
Rb Rubidium
Re Rhenium
Rf Rutherfordium
Rg Roentgenium
Rh Rhodium
Rn Radon
Ru Ruthenium
S Sulfur
Sb Antimony
Sc Scandium
Se Selenium
Sg Seaborgium
Si Silicon
Sm Samarium
Sn Tin
Sr Strontium
Ta Tantalum
Tb Terbium
Tc Technetium
Te Tellurium
Th Thorium
Ti Titanium
Tl Thallium
Tm Thulium
U Uranium
Uub Ununbium
Uuh Ununhexium
Uun Ununnilium
Uuo Ununoctium
Uup Ununpentium
Uuq Ununquadium
Uus Ununseptium
Uut Ununtrium
Uuu Ununumium
V Vanadium
W Tungsten
Xe Xenon
Y Yttrium
Yb Ytterbium
Zn Zinc
Zr Zirconium
The elemental symbol for Platinum is Pt.
The chemical abbreviation for Ferric Ammonium Oxalate is FeNH4C2O4.
The chemical symbol for methane is CH4.
Helium doesn't have an abbrevaition but its chemical symbol is He.
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H is the abbreviation on the table of elements. The 'chemical symbol' for hydrogen is H.
m.p. According to CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of American Chemical Society) Standard Abbreviation & Acronym.
HCO3 is the medical and chemical abbreviation meaning bicarbonate.
Carbon.
It is an abbreviation for a chemical element.
Best abbreviation for calcium is its chemical symbol, which is... Ca
The abbreviation for an element is its chemical symbol, which is typically one or two letters long. For example, the chemical symbol for oxygen is "O" and for sodium is "Na".