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1. The Elements: Origin of their
Names and their Symbols
Rules of Formula Writing
Writing Chemical Formula
Percent Composition of Compounds
Rules in Naming Inorganic Compound

4. Name Symbol
Gold
Silver
Copper
Iron
Tin
Name Symbol
Lead
Mercury
Sulfur
Nickel
Antimony

6. Development
of the
Chemical Symbols

7. Antoine Lavoisier
 He introduced the system
of chemical nomendature.
 Traite Elementaire de
Chimie – first modern
chemical textbook
 He grouped the elements
into four categories on the
basis of their chemical
properties.

8. John Dalton
 An English
meteorologist
 He proposed the Atomic
Theory
 Presented the New
System of Chemical
Philosophy

9. Dalton’s Symbols

10. Johann Jacob Berzelius
He invented the
present system of
chemical symbols.

11. English Name Latin Name Symbol
Sodium Natrium Na
Potassium Kalium K
Iron Ferrum Fe
Copper Cuprum Cu
Tin Stannum Sn
Silver Argentum Ag
Antimony Stibium Sb
Gold Aurum Au
Mercury Hydrargyrum Hg
Lead Plumbum Pb
SOME ELEMENTS WHOSE DERIVED
FROM THEIR LATIN NAMES

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for
listening!
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