Scientists use the periodic table to quickly refer to information about an element, like atomic mass and chemical symbol. The periodic table’s arrangement also allows scientists to discern trends in ...

VOICEOVER: Chemical symbols and formulas. Every element in the periodic table is represented by a unique chemical symbol, like O for Oxygen or Mg for Magnesium.Chemical formulas represent ...

Have you heard someone trying to rizz somebody up with the line "I love gold but remove the A?" and wondered what it means?

Do you know what element Ar is? Ar is Argon. Argon is a colorless and odorless gas that is present in a very small part of ...

But sometimes the symbol comes from a name for the element that is not an English word. For example, Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin for lead, plumbum).W stands for ...