Question

What is the old symbol of silver?
A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer 1

Hint: In ancient times chemical elements are going to represent with pictographic symbols to symbolize the chemical elements. Modern representation in the form of alphabets was introduced in the year 1814 by Berzelius.

Complete step by step solution:
- In the question it is asked to find the symbol of silver among the given options.
- Nowadays all chemical elements are represented in the form of alphabets.
- But in ancient times the chemical elements are going to be represented in the form of pictographic symbols.

- The silver is going to be represented in the form of ‘Ag’ in alphabets.
- But in ancient times it is represented in the form of a pictographic symbol and it is as follows.

Additional Information:
- This pictographic symbol for silver originated from the Daltonian symbol in 1808.
- Therefore the old symbol of silver is

- In the form of alphabet the chemical symbol for silver is ‘Ag;
- Silver is an English word.
- The symbol derived from Latin ‘argentum’ which means shining.
- Silver is also called (Ag) as argentum.
- The atomic number for silver is 47 and it is present in the d-block in the periodic table.
So, the correct answer is “Option D”.

Note: The symbol to represent iron is :

The symbol to represent Yttrium is :

Means by using the same symbol we cannot represent more than one element in the periodic table.