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atomic symbols. such as hydrogen: H, Helium: He, etc.
The reason is because it is a system that uses letters called chemical symbols, which are a shortned way of writing the names of elements.
99 elements have been identified and named and given 2 letter symbols. 13 elements have 1 letter symbols. Additional elements have been theorized, but not synthesized or named, and have 3 letter symbols. See Wikipedia Periodic Tables, linked.
There are mainly three ways of making symbols :1.By using the first letter of the name of the elements.2.If the name of two or more elements begins with the same letter,the second letter of their name is also taken with first letter.3.Symbols are made by using the letters of the name of elements in other languages also.
Short Answer:The creation of the Periodic Table of the Elements is credited to Dmitri Mendeleev.Long Answer:The Periodic Table of the Elements has no one creator. It has ten official contributors and is still being added to today. Here is a list of contributors, date of contribution, and the contribution as best as I can type it in this box.Aristotle -- ~330 BC -- Four element theory: earth, air, fire, and water.Antoine Lavoisier -- ~1770-1789 -- Wrote the first extensive list of elements containing 33 elements. Distinguished between metals and nonmetals.Jöns Jacob Berzelius -- 1828 -- Developed a table of atomic weights. Introduced letters to symbolize elements.Johann Döbereiner -- 1829 -- Developed 'triads', groups of three elements with similar properties.Lithium, sodium, and potassium formed a triad.Calcium, strontium, and barium formed a triad.Chlorine, bromine, and iodine formed a triad.John Newlands -- 1864 -- The known elements (less than 60) were arranged in order of atomic weights and observed similarities between the first and ninth elements, the second and tenth elements etc. He proposed the 'Law of Octaves'.Lothar Meyer -- 1869 -- Compiled a Periodic Table of 56 elements based on the periodicity of properties such as molar volume when arranged in order of atomic weight.Dmitri Mendeleev -- 1869 -- Produced a table based on atomic weights but arranged 'periodically' with elements with similar properties under each other. Gaps were left for elements that were unknown at that time and their predicted properties (the elements were gallium, scandium, and germanium). The order of elements was re-arranged if their properties dictated it, eg, tellerium is heavier than iodine but comes before it in the Periodic Table.William Ramsay -- 1894 -- Discovered the Noble Gases.Henry Moseley -- 1914 -- Determined the atomic number of each of the elements. He modified the 'Periodic Law' to read that the properties of the elements vary periodically with their atomic numbers.Glenn Seaborg -- 1940 -- Synthesised transuranic elements (the elements after uranium in the periodic table).
If 'correspond' is being used in the context of communication:- You "correspond with" someone. The reason for this is that the verb correspond implies a two way flow of letters. After this the with/to is used a little variably, however in general: If 'correspond' is being used in the context of agreement :- Then it is normal to say "corresponds with" If 'correspond' is being used in the context of "to be similar" or "to match". Then it is normal to say "corresponds to".
"The horse described in the book corresponds almost exactly with the one drawn on the front cover." "I correspond with my sister by e-mail, but my aunt is old-fashioned, so I correspond with her by writing letters."
My wife and I would be happy to correspond with you. Leave me a message.
Well, Al is aluminum so I would guess that the fact that Al are the first 2 letters of aluminum suggests they do correspond.
The most common interpretation of "correspond" is by the definition of "in agreement or conformity". For example, "his actions do not correspond with his words".The other common interpretation is "exchange of communication", most often by letters. For example, "Mark was eager to correspond with his wife, and hurriedly wrote a letter about his travels".
Each of the digits in 143 correspond to the number of letters in each of the words in "i love you".
Assuming you are referring to seal letters, these are A through L and correspond to the 12 Federal Reserve Districts through which currency is distributed.
The symbols for elements have either one or two letters. If there are two letters, the first one is capitalized and the second one is not.
Letters are the building blocks of words, and elements are the building blocks of all matter.
Those letters spell the word elements.
Yes. All elements except for the ones that don't have official names, have one or two letters.
Most are represented by two letters. It would be impossible for most to be represented by one letter as there are more than twice as many elements as there are letters.