Chemistry, asked by Yashik11, 1 year ago

why is the symbol S for sulphur but Na for sodium and SI for silicon

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Answered by takaditya
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This is because of the reactivity of the metal .
As some metals are more reactive than other and some are less reactive

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Answered by Harshithpro
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hello friend
We will confuse if we use same S for sulphur ,sodium,silicon instead we use latin names Natrium(Na) for sodium , S for sulphur and Si for silicon.
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