Question

State two pieces of quantitative information conveyed by the symbol $\mathrm{Mg}$.

Answer 1

Two pieces of quantitative information are conveyed by the symbol $\mathrm{Mg}$.

1. The symbol $\mathrm{Mg}$ also represents one mole$\left[6.023\times {10}^{23}\right]$ of Magnesium atoms.
2. The symbol $\mathrm{Mg}$ also represents 24 grams(gram atomic mass) of the Magnesium atom.
3. When the atomic number and the Mass number are also mentioned in the symbol then it also provides quantitative information such as atomic number, mass number, number of protons, number of electrons, etc.