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Why do some element symbols not match the name ? • • • Chemists abbreviate the name of each element using a one or two-letter chemical symbol (SF Fig. 1.2). H is the abbreviation for hydrogen. Cl is the abbreviation for chlorine. The first letter of each symbol is capitalized and the second letter is lower case. The first letter of the symbol is usually the first letter of the element’s name. Chlorine and hydrogen have abbreviations that are easy to remember, but a few elements have symbols that