Periodic Symbols

The Periodic Symbols


Periodic Table Symbols
Each element in the Periodic Table has been given a 1, 2 or 3 letter symbol collectively called Periodic Symbols. The first letter of the Periodic symbols is always a capital letter, for example, H for hydrogen, C for carbon, N for nitrogen. If there is a second letter or third letter in the symbol it is a lower case letter for example, He for Helium, Uuh for Ununhexium.

Periodic Symbols
In 1828 Jakob Berzelius developed a table of atomic weights & introduced letters to symbolize elements, called Periodic Symbols. Each Chemical element is given a unique chemical symbol using abbreviations of their names which are used & recognised all over the world. Chemical symbols of elements come from their English, Greek or Latin names for example the Periodic symbol for Gold is Au from the Latin word 'aurum' meaning gold.

 

 

Periodic Symbols

Periodic ElementsPeriodic SymbolsOrigin of Periodic Symbols
Antimony
Copper
Gold
Iron
Lead
Mercury
Potassium 
Silver
Tin
Tungsten
 
Sb
Cu
Au
Fe
Pb
Hg
K
Ag
Sn
W

Origin - From the Greek words 'anti' and 'monos' meaning "opposed to solitude".
Origin - From the Latin word 'cyprium', after the island of Cyprus.
Origin - From the Latin word 'aurum' meaning gold.
Origin - From the Latin word 'ferrum'  meaning iron.
Origin - From the Latin word 'plumbum' meaning lead.
Origin - From the Greek word 'hydrargyros' meaning 'water' and 'silver'.

Origin - From the Medieval Latin word 'kalium'  meaning potash (pot ashes).
Origin - From the Latin word 'argentum' meaning silver.
Origin -
From the Latin word 'stannum' meaning tin
Origin -
From the German word 'Wolfram'. Ancient alchemists called the metal "spuma lupi," the Latin words for  'wolf foam' which was translated to the word "wolframite" with reference to the unpleasant substance formed during the smelting of tin ores containing tungsten.

Periodic ElementsPeriodic SymbolsOrigin of Periodic Symbols

Periodic Symbols

List of Periodic Symbols - Chart
The following list provides details of each of the elements in the Periodic Table together with their Periodic Symbols and Atomic Numbers. Click on the link to an element to discover additional facts and information about the element and periodic symbols.

Chart or List of Periodic Symbols and Atomic Numbers

Periodic Symbols

Actinium
Aluminium
Americium
Antimony
Argon
Arsenic
Astatine
Barium
Berkelium 
Beryllium
Bismuth
Bohrium
Boron
Bromine
Cadmium
Cesium
Calcium
Californium
Carbon
Cerium
Chlorine
Chromium
Cobalt
Copper
Curium 
Darmstadtium
Dubnium
Dysprosium
Einsteinium 
Erbium
Europium
Fermium
Fluorine
Francium
Gadolinium
Gallium
Germanium
Gold
Hafnium
Hassium
Helium
Holmium
Hydrogen
Indium
Iodine
Iridium
Iron
Krypton
Lanthanum
Lawrencium
Lead
Lithium
Lutetium 
Magnesium
Manganese
Meitnerium
Mendelevium
Mercury
Molybdenum
Neodymium
Neon
Neptunium
Nickel 
Niobium
Nitrogen
Nobelium
Osmium
Oxygen 
Palladium
Phosphorus
Platinum
Plutonium
Polonium
Potassium 
Praseodymium
Promethium
Protactinium 
Radium 
Radon
Rhenium
Rhodium
Roentgenium
Rubidium 
Ruthenium
Rutherfordium
Samarium 
Scandium
Seaborgium 
Selenium
Silicon 
Silver
Sodium 
Strontium
Sulfur
Tantalum
Technetium
Tellurium
Terbium
Thallium
Thorium
Thulium
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Ununbium
Ununhexium
Ununoctium
Ununpentium
Ununquadium 
Ununseptium
Ununtrium
Uranium
Vanadium
Xenon 
Ytterbium
Yttrium
Zinc
Zirconium

Ac
Al
Am
Sb
Ar
As
At
Ba
Bk
Be
Bi
Bh
B
Br
Cd
Cs
Ca
Cf
C
Ce
Cl
Cr
Co
Cu
Cm
Ds
Db
Dy
Es
Er
Eu
Fm
F
Fr
Gd
Ga
Ge
Au
Hf
Hs
He
Ho
H
In
I
Ir
Fe
Kr
La
Lr
Pb
Li
Lu
Mg
Mn
Mt
Md
Hg
Mo
Nd
Ne
Np
Ni
Nb
N
No
Os
O
Pd 
P
Pt
Pu
Po
K
Pr
Pm
Pa
Ra
Rn
Re
Rh
Rg
Rb
Ru
Rf
Sm
Sc
Sg
Se
Si
Ag
Na
Sr
S
Ta
Tc
Te
Tb
Tl
Th
Tm
Sn
Ti
W
Uub
Uuh
Uuo
Uup
Uuq
Uus
Uut
U
V
Xe
Yb
Y
Zn
Zr
89
13
95
51
18
33
85
56
97
4
83
107
5
35
48
55
20
98 
6
58
17
24
27
29
96
110
105
66
99
68
63
100
9
87
64
31
32
79
72
108
2
67
1
49
53
77 
26
36 
57
103
82
3
71
12
25
109
101
80
42
60
10
93
28
41
7
102
76
8
46
15
78
94
84
19 
59
61
91
88
86
75
45
111
37
44
104
62
21
106 
34
14
47
11
38
16
73
43
52
65
81
90
69
50
22
74
112
116
118
115
114
117
113
92
23
54
70
39
30 
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Periodic Symbols

Chart or List of Periodic Symbols and Atomic Numbers

 

Periodic Symbols
The above list provides details of each of the elements in the Periodic Table together with their Periodic Symbols and Atomic Numbers. Click on the link to an element to discover additional facts and information about the element.

Periodic Symbols

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