NOTeS: symbols of the elements

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ci.2014.36.1.20
Author	Search for: Meija, Juris¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3349-5535
Name affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. Measurement Science and Standards
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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	2014-01
In	Chemistry International: Newsmagazine for IUPAC 36, no. 1.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NPARC number	23001658
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