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        ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS

Memorization of the correct spelling of the element name and the correct form of the symbol is absolutely vital to this course.  The rules for the symbols:

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some elements have 2 letter symbols, some only 1 letter

bulletthe first letter of the symbol is always capitalized
bulletif there is a second letter in the symbol it is always lower case and is not connected to the first letter

Many test will use these symbols exclusively.  Please learn them perfectly. Testing will be in a random order. A computer program (Element3) is available to help learn these.

       SECTION ONE

H  hydrogen              Al  aluminum    Co  cobalt        
He  helium Si  silicon Ni  nickel
Li  lithium P  phosphorus Cu  copper
Be  beryllium S  sulfur Zn  zinc
B  boron       Cl  chlorine Br  bromine
C  carbon Ar  argon Ag  silver
N  nitrogen K  potassium Sn  tin
O  oxygen Ca  calcium Ba  barium
F  fluorine Ti  titanium Au  gold
Ne  neon Cr  chromium Hg  mercury
Na  sodium Mn  manganese Pb  lead
Mg  magnesium Fe  iron U  uranium
Sc  scandium As  arsenic Sr  strontium
I  iodine Fr  francium   Cs  cesium

SECTION TWO

V  vanadium Ga  gallium Ge  germanium
Se  selenium Kr  krypton Rb  rubidium
Zr  zirconium Mo molybdenum Cd  cadmium
Sb  antimony Te  tellurium Xe  xenon
W  tungsten     Os  osmium Pt  platinum
Bi  bismuth Po  polonium At  astatine
Pu  plutonium Th  thorium Y  yttrium
Ta  tantalum Tl  thallium Rn  radon
La  lanthanum Pd  palladium Ac  actinium
Hf  hafnium In  indium Ir  iridium
Ra  radium Lr  lawrencium Pa protactinium

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SECTION THREE

Nb  niobium Tc  technetium Ru  ruthenium
Rh  rhodium Re  rhenium Ce  cerium
Nd  neodymium Pr  praseodymium Pm  promethium
Sm  samarium Eu  europium Gd  gadolinium
Tb  terbium   Dy  dysprosium Ho  holmium
Er  erbium Tm  thulium Yb  ytterbium
Lu  lutetium Np  neptunium Am  americium
Cm  curium Bk  berkelium Cf  californium
Es  einsteinium Fm  fermium Md  mendelevium
No  nobelium Lr  lawrencium Rf  rutherfordium
Db  dubnium Sg  seaborgium Bh  bohrium
Hs  hassium Mt  meitnerium  
     

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