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What is the use of symbols for elements?

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1) we know the chemistry involves a lot of reactions
2) It will be a waste of time to write the full name of the elements and compounds every time to describe a reaction.
3) To avoid this we use symbols for naming the elements and formulae to represent compounds.
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