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Chemistry / Why are some single letters missing from the Periodic Table?
« on: 21/01/2016 17:20:26 »
The TV series "Breaking Bad" made a visual joke of element abbreviations from the periodic table when spelling out text (eg Br represents Bromine and Ba represents Barium).
These are two-letter abbreviations, because the single letter "B" was already taken (Boron).
But why are there two-letter abbreviations like Al (Aluminium) and As (Arsenic), but no element represented by just "A"?
Similarly, why do we have Ti & Te, but no "T"?
These are two-letter abbreviations, because the single letter "B" was already taken (Boron).
But why are there two-letter abbreviations like Al (Aluminium) and As (Arsenic), but no element represented by just "A"?
Similarly, why do we have Ti & Te, but no "T"?