FORMULA WRITING AND NOMENDATURE

The Elements: Origin of their Names and their Symbols

Rules of Formula WritingWriting Chemical FormulaPercent Composition of

Compounds Rules in Naming Inorganic

Compound

The Elements: Origin of their Names and their Symbols

SYMBOLS USED BY

ALCHEMIST

Name Symbol

Gold

Silver

Copper

Iron

Tin

Name Symbol

Lead

Mercury

Sulfur

Nickel

Antimony

Development of the

Chemical Symbols

Antoine Lavoisier

He introduced the system of chemical nomendature.

Traite Elementaire de Chimie – first modern chemical textbook

He grouped the elements into four categories on the basis of their chemical properties.

John Dalton An English meteorologist

He proposed the Atomic Theory

Presented the New System of Chemical Philosophy

Dalton’s Symbols

Johann Jacob Berzelius

He invented the present system of chemical symbols.

English Name Latin Name SymbolSodium Natrium Na

Potassium Kalium KIron Ferrum FeCopper Cuprum CuTin Stannum Sn

Silver Argentum AgAntimony Stibium SbGold Aurum Au

Mercury Hydrargyrum HgLead Plumbum Pb

SOME ELEMENTS WHOSE DERIVED FROM THEIR LATIN NAMES

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