Friday, November 22, 2013

under construction, but start here...

Not quite finished with the homework blog, but if you want to get started on the review pages, do the first two worksheets, which is 3 pages, on Element Names and Isotope Notation. Review  textbook chapter 3.  Review the 10 difficult chemical symbols:
Ten Tough Guys -Learn this list of elements and their names.

Element Symbols
Sb
Cu
Au
Fe
Pb
Hg
K
Ag
Sn

 Na sodium
Antimony 
Copper 
Gold 
Iron 
Lead 
Mercury
Potassium 
Silver 
Tin 
Tungsten
Sb- From the Greek words 'anti' and 'monos' meaning "opposed to solitude".
Cu - From the Latin word 'cyprium', after the island of Cyprus.
Au - From the Latin word 'aurum' meaning gold.
Fe - From the Latin word 'ferrum'  meaning iron.
Pb - From the Latin word 'plumbum' meaning lead

.Hg  - From the Greek word 'hydrargyros' meaning 'water' and 'silver'.
K - 
From the Medieval Latin word 'kalium'  meaning potash (pot ashes).
Ag - 
From the Latin word 'argentum' meaning silver.
Sn - 
From the Latin word 'stannum' meaning tin
W - 
From the German word 'Wolfram'. Ancient alchemists called the metal "spuma lupi," the Latin words for  'wolf foam' which was translated to the word "wolframite" in allusion to the objectionable scum or substance formed during the smelting of tin ores containing tungsten.
Element Symbols
 

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