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Chemical symbol

Chemical symbols are the abbreviations used in chemistry, mainly for chemical elements, but also for functional groups, chemical compounds, and other entities. Element symbols for chemical elements, also known as atomic symbols, normally consist of one or two letters from the Latin alphabet and are written with the first letter capitalised.

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Extension of the symbol

Superscripts or subscriptsIsotopeIonizationOxidation stateNucleon
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Symbols and names not currently used

Placeholder namesMendeleviumNobeliumLawrenciumRutherfordium
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Other symbols

ChineseCharacterChemical elements in East Asian languagesAcidAnion
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LatinGreekLeadMercuryHelium
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Symbols for named isotopes

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Chemical symbol

Nodes143
Edges142
Triples1
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013986
Components1

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symbols elements used element also atomic chemical symbol number known name list names isotopes latin may compounds systematic chemistry times

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lunar causticinstance ofand in a few archaic terms0.80text

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