How can I remember the first 18 elements in the Periodic Table?

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Truong-Son N.
Jun 15, 2015

Try this pnemonic device:

HHeLiBeBCNOFNeNaMgAlSiPSClAr

for the first 18 elements. I use it all the time, and I just sift through it until I can pick out the element I'm looking for. With practice you can remember where each element is.

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