Are chemical element names capitalized?
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00:34 Answer 2 Score 7
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 38
While chemical symbols always begin with a capital letter, the names of chemical elements do not. In running text, you should be writing hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, iron, etc.
ANSWER 2
Score 7
Elements are common nouns. So the answer is no, they are not capitalized.