This element had been discovered thirty years ... Perey then suggested ‘francium’, with the symbol ‘Fa’, but this was quickly changed to ‘Fr’. Although peeling away two protons from ...

When she was later asked to name the element she chose 'francium' to honour the country of her birth 2. It was also an appropriate choice in marking the continuing contribution made by French ...

These rules help in identifying and writing chemical symbols consistently across all elements. The symbol serves as a shorthand notation for each element's name in formulas and equations ...