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What are the basis of making symbols of an element?​

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Each element is given its own chemical symbol, like H for hydrogen or O for oxygen. Chemical symbols are usually one or two letters long. Every chemical symbol starts with a capital letter, with the second letter written in lower case. For example, Mg is the correct symbol for magnesium, but mg, mG and MG are wrong...

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