ELEMENT : AN INTRODUCTION

• Element is a pure substance which contains same kind of atoms ,like H2,N2,P4,S8.if u will observe then you will find 8 atoms are present in case of S8 but all of them are same kind .Hence we can say very evediently here that sulphur is an element.
• Each element has its full name but they also have their nick name .......i.e.there is provision of short abbreviation which is termed as Symbol .
• The concept of symbol is given by Sir J.J.Berzelius.
• We use first letter for symbol of an element; like for Carbon we use "C" as symbol.But if we find there is similarity in first letter of another element,then we use first and another letter which is not similar , like in case of Chlorine we use "Cl" and for Chromium we use "Cr".
• sometime we find we use their Latin name for determination of symbol.
• Like in case of - Tungsten we use "W" as symbol because its Latin name is "Wolfram"
• By this way we adopt "Fe" as symbol for Iron because its Latin name is "Ferrum"
• Like this there are too many examples for bsymbols which are adopted from their Latin name .