A friend of my friend, who is now an engineer, told me that there are a total of six elements in the periodic table that is commonly used in a problem; like problems in thermodynamics, combustion and power plant. These six elements he mentioned are Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur. He created a technique to easily memorize these six elements. With the use of mnemonics, he formed a single word ‘’HHeCNOS’’ by taking the first or second letter of each word.
So, from the word Hydrogen, the letter ‘’H’’ was taken.
The problem with his technique is that: he lacked to add the atomic number of each element, which is very important, so we will add the atomic number and we will create a technique to memorize it for future retention.
Elements with corresponding atomic number
Well, for Hydrogen, the clue is: it comes first from the word HHeCNOS, so the atomic number of Hydrogen is 1.
For Helium, just observe the mnemonics; Helium is the only word with two letter mnemonic, so the atomic number of Helium is 2.
The mnemonic for carbon is ‘’C’’, and it is like writing the number 6, so the atomic number of carbon is 6.
The atomic number of Nitrogen is 7, and the mnemonic is N. If we take a look on the first and second line stroke of letter N, it looks like number 7 (), so by looking to the mnemonic ‘’N’’, we can remember that the atomic number of Nitrogen is 7.
The mnemonic for Oxygen is ‘’O’’, and its corresponding atomic number is 8, then 8 is like a number created by combining a top letter O and bottom letter O, so we can remember that the atomic number of Oxygen is 8.
Last but not the least, ‘’S’’ is the mnemonic for sulfur, to link this with the atomic number of sulfur, we will just take note that the letter ‘’S’’ also stands for sweet 16. So, the atomic number of sulfur is 16.
Atomic Number Table Guide
Final Note:
The techniques I used on this blog are my own ways to memorize information taught in school. My goal here is to create a memory portfolio with the use of steemit. I am a student and I used steemit as a place for studying. I create content to help my co-students or learners to make learning enjoyable and to share some tips on how to manage mountains of information to be remembered.
Disclaimer:
I’m not a professional memory master. I cannot promise my techniques is effective for you. But for me, it is effective. Used it at your own risk. If you have any memory techniques to share, feel free to comment it down.
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