![]() Mosander wrongly believed didymium to be an element.ĭiscredited claim to discovery of technetium. Mixture of the elements praseodymium and neodymium. The symbol is now used for copernicium.ĭiscredited claim to discovery of hafnium. ![]() The symbol is now used for chlorine.īaskerville wrongly believed carolinium to be a new element. Was actually thorium.įormer name for niobium. The symbol is now used for americium.ĭiscredited claim to discovery of neptunium.īaskerville wrongly believed berzelium to be a new element. Current symbol is Ar.ĭiscredited claim to discovery of astatine.ĭiscredited claim to discovery of astatine. Chemical symbolĪ used for Argon until 1957. The following is a list of symbols and names formerly used or suggested for elements, including symbols for placeholder names and names given by discredited claimants for discovery. List of chemical elements Antimatter atoms are denoted by a bar above the symbol for their matter counterpart, so e.g. Other examples: Iron - Fe - Ferrous Symbols for chemical elements For example, Na is the chemical symbol of sodium which is called 'Natrium' in Latin. Some other chemical symbols are the short forms of their Latin names. For example, H is the chemical symbol of hydrogen. Some chemical symbols are the short forms of their English names. Here C stands for carbon and O stands for oxygen. They are also used while writing chemical equations. The chemical symbols of all elements are listed in the periodic table. Usually, it is made up of one or two letters, but sometimes it is made up of three letters. The text boxes explain where the numbers are derived from.Ī chemical symbol is the shortform of the name of an element. ![]()
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