Question

importance of symbol in elements and also the importance of atomic number

Answer 1

Answer:

You can use the symbol to look up the number. For example, if the symbol is 14C, you know the element symbol is C or that the element is carbon. The atomic number of carbon is 6. More commonly, the isotope symbol already tells you the atomic number.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

One of the main reasons this was developed was because using letters was the easiest way to represent the elements. Another reason that we use chemical symbols is to allow us to write chemical formulas easily.

The number of protons in an atom is called its atomic number. This number is very important because it is unique for atoms of a given element. All atoms of an element have the same number of protons, and every element has a different number of protons in its atoms