1) Solve the following problems dealing with the periodic table and its elements.
a) Which letter of the alphabet is the most common first letter
in the symbol of the elements? How many elements have this letter
as the first letter in the symbol?
b) Which letter of the alphabet is the most common as the second
letter in the symbol of the elements? How many elements have this
letter as the second letter in their symbol?
c) Which letters do not appear as either the first or second letter
in the symbol of the elements?
a, C is the most common first letter in the symbol of elements.
48 | Cd | Cadmium |
55 | Cs | Caesium |
20 | Ca | Calcium |
98 | Cf | Californium |
6 | C | Carbon |
58 | Ce | Cerium |
17 | Cl | Chlorine |
24 | Cr | Chromium |
27 | Co | Cobalt |
112 | Cn | Copernicium |
29 | Cu | Copper |
96 | Cm | Curium |
THey are 12 in number.
b. THe most common second letter is the alphabet 'm'.
THey are found in,
Pm, Sm.Tm,Am,Cm,Fm (6 places).
c. The letter J does not appear in the first or second letter of the periodic table.
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