Question

write down the symbols for following elements antimony iron gold Mercury

Answer 1

Antimony - Sb

Mercury - Hg

Iron- Fe

Gold - Au

Answer 2

The chemical Symbol for the element antimony is Sb.

The chemical symbol for the element iron is Fe.

The chemical symbol for the element Gold is Au.

The chemical symbol for the element Mercury is Hg.

All these chemical symbols come from the Latin names of the elements.

Chemical symbols are taken from the Latin names of the symbols when there already exists an element with a symbol with the first letters of the element.