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Brut [27]
3 years ago
7

Why do some element’s symbols not match their name? Example- iron=FE

Chemistry
1 answer:
Rina8888 [55]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Because some of the symbols are from Latin

They are:

Mercury - Hg - Hydrargyrum

Potassium - K - Kalium

Silver - Ag - Argentum

Gold - Au - Aurum

Sodium - Na - Natrium

Tin - Sn - Stannum

Iron - Fe - Ferrum

Lead - Pb - Plumbum

Copper - Cu - Cuprum

Antimony - Sb - Stibium

Tungsten - W - Wolfram

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