For which element(s) is/are the chemical symbols indicative of the element's americanized name?

1 Answer
Jul 18, 2017

I don't know if you mean both letters of the symbol must be the first two letters of the element, or just the first letter must be the same; I'll choose the latter option, for the fun of it!

I suppose I can give you a complete list in order of increasing atomic number, Z (you can find these from the periodic table yourself):

The ones in sfcolor(red)("red" are those that have symbols derived from Latin roots (which may be what you're looking for):

  • sfcolor(red)("sodium" - color(red)("Na" (color(red)(Z = 11)

  • magnesium - "Mg" (Z= 12)

  • chlorine - "Cl" (Z = 17)

  • sfcolor(red)("potassium" - color(red)("K" (color(red)(Z = 19)

  • chromium - "Cr" (Z = 23)

  • manganese - "Mn" (Z = 25)

  • sfcolor(red)("iron" - color(red)("Fe" (color(red)(Z = 26)

  • sfcolor(red)("copper" - color(red)("Cu" (color(red)(Z = 29)

  • zinc - "Zn" (Z = 30)

  • arsenic - "As" (Z = 33)

  • rubidium - "Rb" (Z = 37)

  • strontium - "Sr" (Z = 38)

  • zirconium - "Zr" (Z = 40)

  • niobium - "Nb" (Z = 41)

  • technetium - "Tc" (Z = 43)

  • palladium - "Pd" (Z = 46)

  • sfcolor(red)("silver" - color(red)("Ag" (color(red)(Z = 47)

  • cadmium - "Cd" (Z = 48)

  • sfcolor(red)("tin" - color(red)("Sn" (color(red)(Z = 50)

  • sfcolor(red)("antimony" - color(red)("Sb" (color(red)(Z = 51)

  • cesium "Cs" (Z = 55)

  • neodymium - "Nd" (Z = 60)

  • promethium - "Pm" (Z = 63)

  • samarium - "Sm" (Z = 62)

  • gadolinium - "Gd" (Z = 64)

  • terbium - "Tb" (Z = 65)

  • thulium - "Tm" (Z = 69)

  • ytterbium - "Yb" (Z = 70)

  • hafnium - "Hf" (Z = 72)

  • sfcolor(red)("tungsten" - color(red)("W" (color(red)(Z = 74)

  • rhenium - "Re" (Z = 75)

  • platinum - "Pt" (Z = 78)

  • sfcolor(red)("gold" - color(red)("Au" (color(red)(Z = 79)

  • sfcolor(red)("mercury" - color(red)("Hg" (color(red)(Z = 80)

  • thallium - "Tl" (Z = 81)

  • sfcolor(red)("lead" - color(red)("Pb" (color(red)(Z = 82)

  • astatine - "At" (Z = 85)

  • radon - "Rn" (Z = 86)

  • protactinium - "Pa" (Z = 91)

  • neptunium - "Np" (Z = 93)

  • plutonium - "Pu" (Z = 94)

  • curium - "Cm" (Z = 96)

  • berkelium - "Bk" (Z = 97)

  • californium - "Cf" (Z = 98)

  • einsteinium - "Es" (Z = 99)

  • fermium - "Fm" (Z = 100)

  • mendelevium - "Md" (Z = 101)

  • lawrencium - "Lr" (Z = 103)

  • rutherfordium - "Rf" (Z = 104)

  • dubnium - "Db" (Z = 105)

  • seaborgium - "Sg" (Z = 106)

  • bohrium - "Bh" (Z = 107)

  • hassium - "Hs" (Z - 108)

  • meitnerium - "Mt" (Z = 109)

  • darmstadtium - "Ds" (Z = 110)

  • roentgenium - "Rg" (Z = 111)

  • copernicium - "Cn" (Z = 112)

  • nihonium - "Nh" (Z = 113)

  • moscovium - "Mc" (Z = 115)

  • livermorium - "Lv" (Z = 116)

  • tennessine - "Ts" (Z = 117)