chemical name and element name is same explain with example
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Example of a chemical symbol:
Mg
Example of a chemical formula:
MgO
Explanation:
Chemical symbols refer to chemical elements only. They do not necessarily refer to atoms of that element, but also to ions.
Chemical formulas refer to compounds and, specifically, the ratios in which it is made up by different chemical elements.
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Chemical elements may be named from various sources: sometimes based on the person who discovered it, or the place it was discovered. Some have Latin or Greek roots deriving from something related to the element, for example some use to which it may have been put.
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