WHY DO SYMBOLS OF ELEMENTS LIKE SODIUM DO NOT HAVE FIRST LETTER FROM THEIR NAME?
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It's because the elements are having some other name in real which is in Latin. ... For the convenience to identify the symbol given is the short form of it's latin name. Explanation:like sodium has the name natrium in Latin but by IUPAC it's given the American name sodium.
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