Periodic Table Flashcards: All 118 Element Symbols

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Periodic Table Flashcards: All 118 Element Symbols

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One card per element, from hydrogen (1) to oganesson (118), in order of atomic number. The front shows the chemical symbol; the back gives the element name and its atomic number.

Most chemistry classes expect students to know the symbols for roughly the first 36 elements plus common metals like silver, tin, gold, mercury and lead. The full set is here for anyone who wants all 118.

Where American and British spellings differ (aluminum/aluminium, cesium/caesium), both are shown. Names and symbols follow the current IUPAC list, including the four elements named in 2016: nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson.

Study tips

Study in rows of the periodic table: elements 1–18 first, then 19–36, and so on.
Give extra attention to symbols that come from Latin names: Na (natrium), K (kalium), Fe (ferrum), Cu (cuprum), Ag (argentum), Sn (stannum), Sb (stibium), Au (aurum), Hg (hydrargyrum), Pb (plumbum). W comes from wolfram.
Watch the capitalization: Co is cobalt, but CO is carbon monoxide.
Practice in reverse (name → symbol) once the symbol side feels easy; it is the harder direction.

All 118 cards

Front	Back
H	Hydrogen — atomic number 1
He	Helium — atomic number 2
Li	Lithium — atomic number 3
Be	Beryllium — atomic number 4
B	Boron — atomic number 5
C	Carbon — atomic number 6
N	Nitrogen — atomic number 7
O	Oxygen — atomic number 8
F	Fluorine — atomic number 9
Ne	Neon — atomic number 10
Na	Sodium — atomic number 11
Mg	Magnesium — atomic number 12
Al	Aluminum (Aluminium) — atomic number 13
Si	Silicon — atomic number 14
P	Phosphorus — atomic number 15
S	Sulfur — atomic number 16
Cl	Chlorine — atomic number 17
Ar	Argon — atomic number 18
K	Potassium — atomic number 19
Ca	Calcium — atomic number 20
Sc	Scandium — atomic number 21
Ti	Titanium — atomic number 22
V	Vanadium — atomic number 23
Cr	Chromium — atomic number 24
Mn	Manganese — atomic number 25
Fe	Iron — atomic number 26
Co	Cobalt — atomic number 27
Ni	Nickel — atomic number 28
Cu	Copper — atomic number 29
Zn	Zinc — atomic number 30
Ga	Gallium — atomic number 31
Ge	Germanium — atomic number 32
As	Arsenic — atomic number 33
Se	Selenium — atomic number 34
Br	Bromine — atomic number 35
Kr	Krypton — atomic number 36
Rb	Rubidium — atomic number 37
Sr	Strontium — atomic number 38
Y	Yttrium — atomic number 39
Zr	Zirconium — atomic number 40
Nb	Niobium — atomic number 41
Mo	Molybdenum — atomic number 42
Tc	Technetium — atomic number 43
Ru	Ruthenium — atomic number 44
Rh	Rhodium — atomic number 45
Pd	Palladium — atomic number 46
Ag	Silver — atomic number 47
Cd	Cadmium — atomic number 48
In	Indium — atomic number 49
Sn	Tin — atomic number 50
Sb	Antimony — atomic number 51
Te	Tellurium — atomic number 52
I	Iodine — atomic number 53
Xe	Xenon — atomic number 54
Cs	Cesium (Caesium) — atomic number 55
Ba	Barium — atomic number 56
La	Lanthanum — atomic number 57
Ce	Cerium — atomic number 58
Pr	Praseodymium — atomic number 59
Nd	Neodymium — atomic number 60
Pm	Promethium — atomic number 61
Sm	Samarium — atomic number 62
Eu	Europium — atomic number 63
Gd	Gadolinium — atomic number 64
Tb	Terbium — atomic number 65
Dy	Dysprosium — atomic number 66
Ho	Holmium — atomic number 67
Er	Erbium — atomic number 68
Tm	Thulium — atomic number 69
Yb	Ytterbium — atomic number 70
Lu	Lutetium — atomic number 71
Hf	Hafnium — atomic number 72
Ta	Tantalum — atomic number 73
W	Tungsten — atomic number 74
Re	Rhenium — atomic number 75
Os	Osmium — atomic number 76
Ir	Iridium — atomic number 77
Pt	Platinum — atomic number 78
Au	Gold — atomic number 79
Hg	Mercury — atomic number 80
Tl	Thallium — atomic number 81
Pb	Lead — atomic number 82
Bi	Bismuth — atomic number 83
Po	Polonium — atomic number 84
At	Astatine — atomic number 85
Rn	Radon — atomic number 86
Fr	Francium — atomic number 87
Ra	Radium — atomic number 88
Ac	Actinium — atomic number 89
Th	Thorium — atomic number 90
Pa	Protactinium — atomic number 91
U	Uranium — atomic number 92
Np	Neptunium — atomic number 93
Pu	Plutonium — atomic number 94
Am	Americium — atomic number 95
Cm	Curium — atomic number 96
Bk	Berkelium — atomic number 97
Cf	Californium — atomic number 98
Es	Einsteinium — atomic number 99
Fm	Fermium — atomic number 100
Md	Mendelevium — atomic number 101
No	Nobelium — atomic number 102
Lr	Lawrencium — atomic number 103
Rf	Rutherfordium — atomic number 104
Db	Dubnium — atomic number 105
Sg	Seaborgium — atomic number 106
Bh	Bohrium — atomic number 107
Hs	Hassium — atomic number 108
Mt	Meitnerium — atomic number 109
Ds	Darmstadtium — atomic number 110
Rg	Roentgenium — atomic number 111
Cn	Copernicium — atomic number 112
Nh	Nihonium — atomic number 113
Fl	Flerovium — atomic number 114
Mc	Moscovium — atomic number 115
Lv	Livermorium — atomic number 116
Ts	Tennessine — atomic number 117
Og	Oganesson — atomic number 118

Frequently asked questions

›How many elements are on the periodic table?

118 elements have been confirmed and named by IUPAC. All 118 are in this deck.

›Why is the symbol for sodium Na?

It comes from the Latin name natrium. Several older elements have symbols based on Latin names.

›Which elements should I learn first?

Start with 1–20 and the common metals iron, copper, zinc, silver, tin, gold, mercury and lead. These cover most introductory chemistry problems.

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