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What is used to represent an element?
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Chemical symbols are used by chemists to represent elements.
Each element is denoted by a one- or two-letter chemical symbol. The first letter is always capitalized, while lowercase is used when a second letter is present.
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Chemical symbols are used to represent the elements.
For some chemical elements, the chemical symbol may contain one capital letter (N - nitrogen, O - oxygen, H - hydrogen), and for some one uppercase and one lowercase letter (Mg - magnesium, Hg - mercury, Cl - chlorine).
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