The first twenty elements and remembering them
The first twenty elements in the periodic table are:
1 Hydrogen H
2 Helium He
3 Lithium Li
4 Beryllium Be
5 Boron B
6 Carbon C
7 Nitrogen N
8 Oxygen O
9 Fluorine F
10 Neon Ne
11 Sodium Na
12 Magnesium Mg
13 Aluminium Al
14 Silicon Si
15 Phosphorous P
16 Sulphur S
17 Chlorine Cl
18 Argon Ar
19 Potassium K
20 Calcium Ca
The best way to learn these first 20 elements is to think of two Russian ballet dancers and their dog as follows:
They are called:
Hheli Beb Cnof (the male ballet dancer)
Nena Mgal Sipscl (the ballerina)
Ark Ca (the dog)
Put them all together and you get:
Hheli Beb Cnof the male ballet dancer, Nena Mgal Sipscl the ballerina and Ark Ca the dog.
Broken down this is:
1 Hydrogen H
2 Helium He
3 Lithium Li
4 Beryllium Be
5 Boron B
6 Carbon C
7 Nitrogen N
8 Oxygen O
9 Fluorine F
10 Neon Ne
11 Sodium Na
12 Magnesium Mg
13 Aluminium Al
14 Silicon Si
15 Phosphorous P
16 Sulphur S
17 Chlorine Cl
18 Argon Ar
19 Potassium K
20 Calcium Ca
Again put them all together and you get
Hheli Beb Cnof, Nena Mgal Sipscl and Ark Ca.
With practice, this becomes very easy and you will remember this for the rest of your life.
Mammoth Memory promises you.
