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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