Symbol: A one or two-letter abbreviation used to represent the element. Atomic number: The number of protons in the nucleus ...

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join with another hydrogen atom as a pair, making a molecule. Sometimes it is easy to tell which element a symbol stands for. For example, C stands for carbon and Li stands for lithium.