Elements

[Brickster]

Does anyone have any interesting or easy ways to memorize the first, oh, 10 to 40 or so elements (only including the names and the abbv.)? thanks

[Gokul43201]

I've heard of some songs that use the abbreviations. So, is it 10 or 40 ? It really doesn't take any special trick to learn just 10 elements. Do you have a deadline ?

My suggestion : keep looking at a periodic table, and you'll soon get familiar with it.
www.webelements.com has a nice one.

There's been a thread that is talking about this right now- looking for it now...got it !

Read (#5) here : http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=285708#post285708 and join in. Chroot has a very interesting and supposedly very successful technique. I suggest you join in that thread.

[Brickster]

Thank you Goku, links are/were helpful

I personally came up with, hi-he-lie-be bokay-n-o flu-knee, thats the first 10 small abbv of the main words strung together, it works for me

[The Bob]

Personally I just know them from having lookedand studied them for about 5 years. I can name the names and symbols and the atomic mass of the first 23 elements in order. I believe I can name the first 54 elements in order.

Sad, I know, but that is life. :biggrin:

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Marijn]

The best looking table i found. (http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm)

Nice looking and pretty good explanations.

[ArmoSkater87]

USE FLASH CARDS!!!! :rofl: