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Why is it incorrect to write CO as the chemical symbol for cobalt?​

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If the symbol for cobalt, Co were written as CO, What would be wrong with it? If we write CO it means it consists of two non-metals namely Carbon and Oxygen and it would represent Carbon monoxide but not Cobalt.

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Co stands for Cobalt. If we write CO, then it would mean that it is a compound containing two non-metal ions, i.e. carbon and oxygen, which forms carbon monoxide gas. We can't write o as O because O represent Oxygen and symbols representing an element with two letters have first one as capital and next one should be in small letter.