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- Symbols of Elements
Symbols of Elements:
A symbol represents an atom. The modern symbols were developed by Berzelius in 1814. He used either the first letter or the first and any other letter in the name of the element as a symbol.
Some names of elements and their symbols are listed in the tables below:
1. Elements with the First Letter of their Names as a Symbol:
Element | Symbol | Atomic Number |
Hydrogen | H | 1 |
Carbon | C | 6 |
Boron | B | 5 |
Fluorine | F | 9 |
Sulphur | S | 16 |
Iodine | I | 53 |
Phosphorus | P | 15 |
Nitrogen | N | 7 |
2. Elements with the First Two Letters as a Symbol:
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