Chemistry GCSE
Chemical symbol
What Chemical symbol means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Chemical symbol
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A representation of an atom of each element, usually one or two letters, where the first letter is always a capital and the second letter, if present, is lowercase.
Topics that use Chemical symbol
- Atoms, elements and compounds (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Balanced chemical equation
- Balanced equation
- Chemical change
- Decomposition reactions
- Endothermic
- Exothermic
- Fixed composition and atom ratios
- Formulae as symbolic representations
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