Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search

NOTeS: symbols of the elements

From National Research Council Canada

Download
  1. (PDF, 728 KiB)
DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ci.2014.36.1.20
AuthorSearch for: 1ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3349-5535
Affiliation
  1. National Research Council of Canada. Measurement Science and Standards
FormatText, Article
Abstract
Four systems of notation have become so universal that they now surpass most linguistic barriers. These are mathematical signs and symbols, the International System of Units, the traditional musical notation, and the symbols for chemical elements.1 Imagine the world with different symbols for the plus sign in various lan- guages, or different symbols for hydrogen. Although chemists worldwide now enjoy the peace of univer-sally accepted symbols for all elements which are not subject to translation, it took a long time for such convention to root.
Publication date
In
  • Chemistry International: Newsmagazine for IUPAC 36, no. 1.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NPARC number23001658
Export citationExport as RIS
Report a correctionReport a correction (opens in a new tab)
Record identifierd3abe9a0-dc2e-4e51-86df-cfdf628e0db5
Record created2017-03-14
Record modified2020-05-30
Date modified: