What is a chemical symbol?

Answer by  apsaras (408)

A chemical symbol is the abbreviated name of an element. It consists of one or two letters that are taken from the English, Latin or German name of the element. Chemical symbols are used by chemists to write chemical notations, formulas and equations that are universally understood by other chemists.

Answer by  BeautyOfAnarchy (58)

A chemical symbol is an abbreviation that stands for chemical element in its basic atom form. Chemical symbols are in periodical table of elements.

Answer by  Henry55 (118)

A chemical symbol represents a particular element. H, for example, represents hydrogen. These symbols are also used in combination to represent molecules. H2O, for example, uses the symbol for hydrogen and oxygen to represent a water molecule.

Answer by  Rital (54)

It represent any atom. The first letter is capital. Second or third letters (not for each case) are small: O : Oxygen Cl : Chlorine Uuu: Unununium