Here's a fun little project to get your brain working this week: see how many element names you can come up with that are made up of element symbols. For example, neon is Ne (neon), O (oxygen), and N (nitrogen). So far I came up with 13 (two elements with multiple symbols), but it's early in the week so I might have missed some. See how many you can find, then check my list.
Element Names Made of Element Symbols
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide September 14, 2009
Explore Chemistry
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Comments
Your list of elements is 11 and two have 2 each making total 13 but as I said in my earlier comment that on breking Zinc as Zi, N and C; Zi is not a symbol of any element. I could find following 4 additional break ups.
Carbon Ca, Rb, O, N
Copper C, O, P, P, Er
Krypton Kr, Y, Pt, O, N
Arsenic Ar, Se, N, I, C