Some elements receive their respective symbol bas.pdf
- 1. Some elements receive their respective symbol based on their latin equivalence... Ex: iron(Fe) = ferrous, lead(Pb) = plumbum, mercury(Hg) = hydrargyrum While others are receive their symbol for where they are discovered or to the discoverer's home country... Ex: Germanium (Germany), Californium (University of California) While others are named after their founders... Ex: Einsteinium (Albert Einstein), Mendelevium (Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev) When these elements are combined into compounds, there are a couple of tricks to help with remembering them... Ex: 1. -ous compounds will generally have a lower charge than -ic compounds 2. Hydro- compounds will have an addition of an H+ proton making the compound an acid Solution Some elements receive their respective symbol based on their latin equivalence... Ex: iron(Fe) = ferrous, lead(Pb) = plumbum, mercury(Hg) = hydrargyrum While others are receive their symbol for where they are discovered or to the discoverer's home country... Ex: Germanium (Germany), Californium (University of California) While others are named after their founders... Ex: Einsteinium (Albert Einstein), Mendelevium (Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev) When these elements are combined into compounds, there are a couple of tricks to help with remembering them... Ex: 1. -ous compounds will generally have a lower charge than -ic compounds 2. Hydro- compounds will have an addition of an H+ proton making the compound an acid