Element Mnemonic
Friday November 25, 2005
A mnemonic device can be a phrase made up using the first letter or letters of the sequence of words you are trying to remember. For many people, it's a much easier way to remember a long list of items than to memorize them outright. Some people memorize the symbols and order of the elements in the periodic table by making one long word out of the letters (like Hhelibebcnof). If you're like me, and are pretty sure you couldn't pronounce that, much less reliably remember it, how about trying a mnemonic instead? Let's see it...

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