Nuclear equations

Quick Starter

Which is the odd

one out?

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 Nuclear equations
Quick Starter

Which is the odd

one out?

Hint X
Say what you
see! Look at the
names and the
symbols

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 Nuclear equations
Quick Starter

Which is the odd

one out?

show hint show answer © HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

 Nuclear equations
Quick Starter

The answer here is potassium; it has a K for its chemical symbol – a letter
which doesn’t appear in its name

All elements are assigned a symbol; often it is the first letter of the name

Some symbols are derived from the Latin name for the element; for
potassium, this is kalium

There could be other answers – carbon is a non-metal and nickel has two
letters in its chemical symbol, for example

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