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Warm Up. ~ Which element is your favorite? ~ Why?. Chemical Symbols. The element names can be very long to write over and over. Scientist have agreed on a system of symbols to represent the elements. Some of these symbols have 1, 2 or 3 letters.
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Warm Up ~ Which element is your favorite?~ Why?
Chemical Symbols • The element names can be very long to write over and over. • Scientist have agreed on a system of symbols to represent the elements. • Some of these symbols have 1, 2 or 3 letters. • The first letter is ALWAYScapitalized and the others (if there are any) are ALWAYS lowercase.
AFM image of silicon, obtained with a qPlus force sensor with a single crystal silicon tip. Image size 3.3 nm x 3.3 nm. [Ann. Phys. (Leipzig) 10, 887 (2001)].