alleryStart learning →Which is the correctly capitalised symbol for calcium?
ACA, both letters capitalised
BCa, with C capitalised
CcA, with A capitalised
Dca, both letters lowercase
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Ca, with C capitalised
An element symbol begins with a capital letter, followed by a lowercase letter when a second letter is present.
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