The letter of the English alphabet that does not appear in any of the symbols of elements in the periodic table is __________

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Solution

Chemical elements are arranged in periodic table based on their atomic numbers.
Every elements mentioned using specific letter based on its name.
In the table, all alphabetic letter are appear in the table as symbol of any elements except J.
Hence, J is an letter not appear in the symbol of any elements in the periodic table.

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