Chemistry, asked by BRAIN456, 1 year ago

Copper is represented by the symbol Cu while either is no letter u in the name and why

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Answered by Abhishek182001
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This is because of its latin word
Answered by manjudivyanshp100jv
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Because the latin name of copper is cuprum. That's why the first two initials of this latin word are used to represent copper. Co can not be used bcoz cobalt is represented as Co so to not cause confusion Cu is used.

nitin104: thanx
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