These rules help in identifying and writing chemical symbols consistently across all elements. The symbol serves as a shorthand notation for each element's name in formulas and equations ...

organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows (called periods) and columns (called groups) according to increasing atomic number. Scientists use the periodic table to quickly refer to information ...

What do they all mean? And what is the table actually ... here's some more information to help us understand the basics of chemical symbols and formulae. VOICEOVER: Chemical symbols and formulas.