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(a) Give two symbols which have been derived from the "English names" of the elements.
(b) Give two symbols which have been derived from the "Latin names" of the elements.
(a) Give two symbols which have been derived from the "English names" of the elements.
(b) Give two symbols which have been derived from the "Latin names" of the elements.
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a)Hydrogen - H
Calcium - Ca
b)
The names of the following elements were derived from Latin. In general, the first letter and the second letter of their Latin names are used to represent the symbols of these elements.
Antimony Sb Stibium Copper Cu Cuprum Gold Au Aurum Iron Fe Ferrum Lead Pb Plumbum Mercury Hg Hydragyrum Potassium K Kalium Silver Ag Argentum Sodium Na Natrium Tin Sn Stannum Tungsten W Wolfram
a)Hydrogen - H
Calcium - Ca
b)
The names of the following elements were derived from Latin. In general, the first letter and the second letter of their Latin names are used to represent the symbols of these elements.
| Antimony | Sb | Stibium |
| Copper | Cu | Cuprum |
| Gold | Au | Aurum |
| Iron | Fe | Ferrum |
| Lead | Pb | Plumbum |
| Mercury | Hg | Hydragyrum |
| Potassium | K | Kalium |
| Silver | Ag | Argentum |
| Sodium | Na | Natrium |
| Tin | Sn | Stannum |
| Tungsten | W | Wolfram |
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