Periodic Table and Atomic Structures

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Periodic Table and Atomic Structures

The Periodic Table of Elements is a table that has the names, abbreviations, atomic numbers, and the atomic mass of all the elements.

An element is a single type of atom.

The scientific name for the element’s abbreviations are Chemical Symbols.

The Chemical Symbols or abbreviations are the one or two letters that represent an element.

Above the element’s chemical symbol it says what the element’s atomic number is.

The atomic number is based on how many protons are in the atom.

The other number inside the element box is its atomic mass.

The atomic mass of an element is the mass of the atom in the element.

It has the name Periodic Table of Elements because its organized in rows called periods.