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Print PDF sheets designed for Avery 5390 Name Badge Insert Refills (8 cards per sheet) or (preferably) photo paper. |
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The Periodic Table Wallet Cards are smaller versions of this: |
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Hmm, most of the symbols make sense, but Na for sodium? And K for potassium? And...well, you get the idea. The table below shows the origins of these anomalous symbols: |
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Element’s Symbol |
Element’s Name |
Symbol’s Word Origin |
Symbol’s Language Origin |
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Ag |
Silver |
Argentum |
Latin |
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Au |
Gold |
Aurum |
Latin |
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Cu |
Copper |
Cuprum |
Latin |
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Fe |
Iron |
Ferrum |
Latin |
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Hg |
Mercury |
Hydrargyrum |
Latinized form of Greek hydrargyros |
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K |
Potassium |
Kalium |
Latin |
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Na |
Sodium |
Natrium |
Latin |
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Pb |
Lead |
Plumbum |
Latin |
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Sb |
Antimony |
Stibium |
Latin |
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Sn |
Tin |
Stannum |
Latin |
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W |
Tungsten |
Wolfram |
German |