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Element Symbols

It's easier to navigate the periodic table and write chemical equations and formulae once you know the symbols for the elements.

Symbol Element                                     Symbol Element
Ac  Actinium Mn  Manganese
Ag  Silver Mo  Molybdenum
Al  Aluminum Mt  Meitnerium
Am  Americium N  Nitrogen
Ar  Argon Na  Sodium
As  Arsenic Ne  Neon
At  Astatine Nb  Niobium
Au  Gold Nd  Neodymium
B  Boron Ni  Nickel
Ba  Barium No  Nobelium
Be  Beryllium Np  Neptunium
Bh  Bohrium O  Oxygen
Bi  Bismuth Os  Osmium
Bk  Berkelium P  Phosphorus
Br  Bromine Pd  Palladium
C  Carbon Po  Polonium
Ca  Calcium Pb  Lead
Cd  Cadmium Pt  Platinum
Ce  Cerium Pr  Praseodymium
Cf  Californium Pm  Promethium
Cl  Chlorine Pu  Plutonium
Cm  Curium Pa  Protactinium
Co  Cobalt Ra  Radium
Cr  Chromium Rb  Rubidium
Cs  Cesium Re  Rhenium
Cu  Copper Rf  Rutherfordium
Db  Dubnium Rh  Rhodium
Ds  Darmstadtium Rn  Radon
Dy  Dysprosium Ru  Ruthenium
Er  Erbium S  Sulfur
Es  Einsteinium Sb  Antimony
Eu  Europium Sc  Scandium
F  Fluorine Se  Selenium
Fe  Iron Sg  Seaborgium
Fm  Fermium Si  Silicon
Fr  Francium Sm  Samarium
Ga  Gallium Sn  Tin
Gd  GadoliGadolinium Sr  Strontium
Ge  Germanium Ta  Tantalum
H  Hydrogen Tb  Terbium
He  Helium Tc  Technetium
Hf  Hafnium Te  Tellurium
Hg  Mercury Th  Thorium
Ho  Holmium Ti  Titanium
Hs  Hassium Tl  Thallium
I  Iodine Tm  Thulium
In  Indium U  Uranium
Ir  Iridium Uub  Ununbium
K  Potassium Uun  Ununnilium
Kr  Krypton Uuu  Ununumium
La  Lanthanum V  Vanadium
Li  Lithium W  Tungsten
Lr  Lawrencium Xe  Xenon
Lu  Lutetium Y  Yttrium
Md  Mendelevium Yb  Ytterbium
Mg  Magnesium Zn  Zinc
Zr  Zirconium

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