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This list is: B, C, O, N, F, I, Y, U, H, P, S, K.

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There are 14 elements with one-letter symbols namely: Hydrogen (H), Boron (B), Carbon (C), Nitrogen (N), Oxygen (O), Fluorine (F), Potassium (K), Yttirium (Y), Iodine (I), Tungsten (W), Uranium (U), Sulfur (S), Phosphorus (P), and Vanadium (V).

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there are many. almost all element names are written in latin or neo-latin form with the exception of common elements. ex. the element americurium is neo-latin, while iron is obviously common, although its symbol is in the latin

Au (Aurum)- gold

Ag (Argentium)- silver

Cu (Cuprum)- copper

Hg (Hydragyrum)- Mercury

Na (Natrium)- sodium

Pb (Plumbum)- lead

Fe (Ferrum)- iron

Sn (Stannum)- tin

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Per period (row) in the Periodic Table:

  1. H,
  2. B, C, N, O, F,
  3. P, S,
  4. K, V,
  5. Y, I,
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The answer is vanadium

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Why is it necessary to have a second letter in the symbol for elements?

If we only used one letter for each element, there could only be 26 elements.


What is one or two letter abriviation for a chemical element?

It is refered to as the Elements symbol.


What is an atomic symbol?

An atomic symbol is a 1-, 2-, or 3-letter code that represents an element. If the symbol consists of one letter, like carbon (C), the letter is capitalized. If the symbol consists of two letters, like magnesium (Mg), the first letter is capitalized, but the second letter is not. The 3-letter codes are for elements that have been recently synthesized and have not been given a permanent name, and for elements that have yet to be synthesized, both of which are given temporary systematic names based on their atomic numbers. An example is element 115, with the symbol Uup, which is currently named ununpentium, which means one, one, five. Eventually this element will be given a permanent name with either a 1-letter or 2-letter symbol.


What do letters in the boxes in the periodic table represent?

They are the symbols for the elements . Often they are some of the letters of the English name.For example, Si means Silicon. Silver cannot be Si as well. Therefore, we use the Latin translation, Argentium, to create Ag.


Why do some elements have a number and some have symbols?

A way to know what this means is to know that the reason being is because it is a Isotope. An istotope is something that has too many nuetrons or more than one nuetron. So that is what they call it...

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Why is it necessary to have a second letter in the symbol for elements?

If we only used one letter for each element, there could only be 26 elements.


What is one or two letter abriviation for a chemical element?

It is refered to as the Elements symbol.


Elements that have a one letter symbol that is also the first letter of the word?

There are 14 elements with a one letter symbol. However, only 12 of them also start with that letter. They are Hydrogen, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Yytrium, Vanadium, Uranium, and Iodine.


What is an atomic symbol?

An atomic symbol is a 1-, 2-, or 3-letter code that represents an element. If the symbol consists of one letter, like carbon (C), the letter is capitalized. If the symbol consists of two letters, like magnesium (Mg), the first letter is capitalized, but the second letter is not. The 3-letter codes are for elements that have been recently synthesized and have not been given a permanent name, and for elements that have yet to be synthesized, both of which are given temporary systematic names based on their atomic numbers. An example is element 115, with the symbol Uup, which is currently named ununpentium, which means one, one, five. Eventually this element will be given a permanent name with either a 1-letter or 2-letter symbol.


How many elements have two symbols?

Every element recognized so far has a unique symbol in the periodic table. Some has one letter in their symbol, where many have two letters. A set of recently discovered elements using nuclear fission reactions have three.


What is the the abbreviation of the elements named called?

The one or two letter short form is called the symbol for the element.


Why don't some chemical symbols not start with just their capital letter?

One reason that elements don't simply use the capital letter is that there are 118 known elements, but our alphabet only has 26 letters. Additionally, some elements have the same beginning letter, so we must use something else for the symbol. Carbon (C), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), and calcium (Ca) can't all be represented by the same symbol. Finally, some chemical symbols are based on the names of elements in other languages, often Latin or Greek. For example lead's symbol, Pb comes from its Latin name, plumbum.


Why must some chemical elements have two letters rather than one?

The reason why some element symbols have two letters instead of one is that some elements start with the same letter. It would be very difficult to distinguish elements if two both had the same symbol. For example, Carbon and Calcium both start with the letter "C", but Calcium's symbol is "Ca". Also, some, like Iron's "Fe", were named a long time ago, and chemists had different names for them.


What are the symbols for the elements in the periodic table?

If you look at the periodic table (go to webelements.com to see one if you dont have one) the symbol is the letter or two in the middle of each square. For example, the symbol for Hydrogen is "H", the symbol for Potassium is "K", the symbol for neon is "Ne" & The symbol for Carbon is "C". The symbol is always one or two letters, except for the last few elements, which for now have 3, until they get real names.


What is the rules for writing the symbol for an element?

The first or only letter of an element symbol must be capital; any other letter(s) must be lower case. (So far, there is never more than one other letter in the permanent symbol for any element, but the temporary names of some of the highest atomic weight elements often include two additional letters.)


How many elements have two letters in their symbol?

99 elements have been identified and named and given 2 letter symbols. 13 elements have 1 letter symbols. Additional elements have been theorized, but not synthesized or named, and have 3 letter symbols. See Wikipedia Periodic Tables, linked.


What is an element's 'symbol'?

element symbols are abbreviation of elements name like gold's symbol is Au. always first letter is cap. and second is lowered i hope this helped you.