Question

why the symbol of few elements like sodium do not start with the essential letter of the name​

Answer 1

This is because some letters starting letter is already taken by other element like sodium 's first letter S is taken by sulfur so we donote some element by other letter which is not being occupied by other element ...plzz mark mein brainliest

Answer 2

Answer: It's because the elements are having some other name in real which is in Latin. The reason is there are some other elements starting with letter S.

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.