Common Element/Symbol List
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NOTE: Spelling counts! Capitalization counts on symbols!!!! In a symbol, the first letter is
ALWAYS a capital letter. If the symbol has two letters, the second is ALWAYS a lower case
letter.
Hydrogen
Helium
Lithium
Beryllium
Boron
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Fluorine
Neon
Sodium
Magnesium
Aluminum
Silicon
Phosphorous
Sulfur
Chlorine
Argon
Potassium
Calcium
Scandium
Titanium
Vanadium
Chromium
Manganese
Iron
Cobalt
Nickel
Copper
Zinc
H
He
Li
Be
B
C
N
O
F
Ne
Na
Mg (NOT Manganese!)
Al
Si
P
S (Sulphur is British spelling)
Cl
Ar
K
Ca
Sc
Ti
V
Cr
Mn (not Magnesium!)
Fe
Co (not CO)
Ni
Cu
Zn
Gallium
Germanium
Arsenic
Selenium
Bromine
Krypton
Rubidium
Strontium
Yttrium
Zirconium
Palladium
Silver
Cadmium
Tin
Antimony
Tellurium
Iodine
Xenon
Cesium
Barium
Tungsten
Platinum
Gold
Mercury
Thallium
Lead
Bismuth
Radon
Radium
Uranium
Ga
Ge
As
Se
Br
Kr
Rb
Sr
Y
Zr
Pd
Ag
Cd
Sn
Sb
Te
I
Xe
Cs
Ba
W
Pt
Au
Hg
Tl
Pb
Bi
Rn
Ra
U
Polyatomic Ion List – Chemistry I Honors
+1
ammonium, NH4+
-1
acetate, C2H3O2-, or CH3COO bromate, BrO3chlorate, ClO3chlorite, ClO2cyanide, CNhydrogen carbonate, HCO3- (also called bicarbonate)
hydroxide, OHhypochlorite, ClOiodate, IO3nitrate, NO3nitrite, NO2permanganate, MnO4perchlorate, ClO4thiocyanate, SCN -2
carbonate, CO3 -2
chromate, CrO4 -2
dichromate, Cr2O7 -2
oxalate, C2O4 -2
peroxide, O2 -2
sulfate, SO4 -2
sulfite, SO3 -2
-3
phosphate, PO4 -3
phosphite, PO3 -3
arsenate, AsO4 -3
-ite is one less oxygen than the –ate
Hypo- is one less oxygen than the –ite
Per- is one more oxygen than the –ate
Hydrogen can be added to -2 or -3 ions to make a “new ion” i.e. H2PO4 –1 is dihydrogen phosphate (note
the – charge went up 1 for each H+ added)