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ELEMENTS COMPOUNDS SUBSTANCES METALS AND NON METALS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chemical symbols are the abbreviations used in chemistry for chemical elements, functional groups and chemical compounds. Element symbols for chemical elements normally consist of one or two letters from the Latin alphabet and are written with the first letter capitalised.
Detailed explanation-2: -Name: the element’s common name. Symbol: a one or two letter symbol that represents the element. These internationally-used symbols are abbreviations for the common name or the Latin name of the element.
Detailed explanation-3: -The symbol of an element represents one atom of that element. For 14 of the elements, the symbol consists of one letter. With the possible exceptions of yttrium (Y) and vanadium (V), you are probably familiar with the names of all elements having one-letter symbols.