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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2003  > April  >
Chemistry for Everyone
Find the Symbols of Elements Using a Letter Matrix Puzzle
V. D. Kelkar
Department of Chemistry, University of Pune, Pune 411 007, India
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April 2003
Vol. 80 No. 4
p. 411
Abstract
In the 4 x 4-letter matrix puzzle, each letter must be used as given by the clues associated with the number or sequence of numbers indicated in the squares. The symbols of elements are used to obtain the solution. When the puzzle is complete, the sixteen squares will contain the overlapping symbols of 46 elements and 2 isotopes. In the correct solution of the puzzle each square will contain only one letter. There is only one correct solution.
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*  Citation
 Kelkar, V. D. J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 411.
*  Keywords
 Humor / Puzzles; Periodicity / Periodic Table; Teaching / Learning Aids
*  History
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Last Updated:		 March 10, 2003
February 28, 2005
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