why is the symbol S for sulphur,Na for sodium and Si for silicon
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for sidium the symbol is Na derived from Natrium , because the symbol S was already taken for sulphur so Si is the symbol for Silicon.
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to make them easier to write in order to save time
we take first or first two letters of the name of the element
S for Sulphur
S is used to denote sulphur as S is the first letter of sulphur
Na is used to denote sodium and it is taken from its latin name natrium
Si is used to denote silicon because S is already chosen for sulphur that is why we take first two letters of its name silicon and use it as its symbol
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