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What is the chemical symbol for the element lithium?
An element is a substance that consists of one type of atom. Each element is represented by a different chemical symbol. All of the chemical symbols consist of a single capital letter or a capital letter followed by a lowercase letter. For example, capital H is the chemical symbol of hydrogen, and capital H lowercase e is the chemical symbol of helium. The element lithium is represented by a two-letter chemical symbol. Its chemical symbol is capital L lowercase i. So the chemical symbol for the element lithium is Li.
