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Impress your friends by knowing the chemical symbol for ytterbium!

Why do you need to know the symbols for chemical elements? Among other things, knowing the symbols makes reading the Periodic Table much easier. (This link to on-line Periodic Tables is another way to see the information presented below. Many of these tables contain hot links to additional information about each of the elements. We encourage you to explore!)

  • Ac – Actinium
  • Ag – Silver
  • Al – Aluminum
  • Am – Americium
  • Ar – Argon
  • As – Arsenic
  • At – Astatine
  • Au – Gold
  • B – Boron
  • Ba – Barium
  • Be – Beryllium
  • Bh – Bohrium
  • Bi – Bismuth
  • Bk – Berkelium
  • Br – Bromine
  • C – Carbon
  • Ca – Calcium
  • Cd – Cadmium
  • Ce – Cerium
  • Cf – Californium
  • Cl – Chlorine
  • Cm – Curium
  • Co – Cobalt
  • Cn – Copernicium
  • Cr – Chromium
  • Cs – Cesium
  • Cu – Copper
  • Db – Dubnium
  • Ds – Darmstadtium
  • Dy – Dysprosium
  • Er – Erbium
  • Es – Einsteinium
  • Eu – Europium
  • F – Fluorine
  • Fe – Iron
  • Fm – Fermium
  • Fr – Francium
  • Ga – Gallium
  • Gd – Gadolinium
  • Ge – Germanium
  • H – Hydrogen
  • He – Helium
  • Hf – Hafnium
  • Hg – Mercury
  • Ho – Holmium
  • Hs – Hassium
  • I – Iodine
  • In – Indium
  • Ir – Iridium
  • K – Potassium
  • Kr – Krypton
  • La – Lanthanum
  • Li – Lithium
  • Lr – Lawrencium
  • Lu – Lutetium
  • Md – Mendelevium
  • Mg – Magnesium
  • Mn – Manganese
  • Mo – Molybdenum
  • Mt – Meitnerium
  • N – Nitrogen
  • Na – Sodium
  • Nb – Niobium
  • Nd – Neodymium
  • Ne – Neon
  • Ni – Nickel
  • No – Nobelium
  • Np – Neptunium
  • O – Oxygen
  • Os – Osmium
  • P – Phosphorus
  • Pa – Protactinium
  • Pb – Lead
  • Pd – Palladium
  • Pm – Promethium
  • Po – Polonium
  • Pr – Praseodymium
  • Pt – Platinum
  • Pu – Plutonium
  • Ra – Radium
  • Rb – Rubidium
  • Re – Rhenium
  • Rf – Rutherfordium
  • Rg – Roentgenium
  • Rh – Rhodium
  • Rn – Radon
  • Ru – Ruthenium
  • S – Sulfur
  • Sb – Antimony
  • Sc – Scandium
  • Se – Selenium
  • Sg – Seaborgium
  • Si – Silicon
  • Sm – Samarium
  • Sn – Tin
  • Sr – Strontium
  • Ta – Tantalum
  • Tb – Terbium
  • Tc – Technetium
  • Te – Tellurium
  • Th – Thorium
  • Ti – Titanium
  • Tl – Thallium
  • Tm – Thulium
  • U – Uranium
  • Uuh – Ununhexium
  • Uu -n Ununnilium
  • Uu -o Ununoctium
  • Uu -p Ununpentium
  • Uu -q Ununquadium
  • Uu -s Ununseptium
  • Uu -t Ununtrium
  • Uu -u Ununumium
  • V – Vanadium
  • W – Tungsten
  • Xe – Xenon
  • Y – Yttrium
  • Yb – Ytterbium
  • Zn – Zinc
  • Zr – Zirconium