Chemistry, asked by sumiyahaxan, 4 months ago

elements have symbols that do not appear to match their names. For
example, the symbol for sodium is Na. Why is this?
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Answered by ishaanthakur23

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I think because of there compounds

Answered by karthik385960

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They are called as in their latin names(Na=Natrium)

Explanation:

Because latin is a dead language, some people thought of having names in latin rather than in another language to avoid confusion.

Example. fe as for Iron etc!!

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