Not well understand for the chemistry name

[wfc31]

Bro and sifu here, i'm a planted tank newbie, i have gone thru most of articles here, found out that u all very widely use chemical name for the item related to ferts and ..., such as :

K2PO4 : Phosphurus
Fe : Iron
K : Potassium
NH4 :
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sometimes i am really not understand what is the simbol stands for, then have difficulty to make a clear image about what i have read, so can anyone help to list down more chemistry name for the beginder like me?
thank you very much.

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Sure.

Phosphorous sources
K2PO4 - Potassium phosphate
KH2PO4 - Potassium di-hydrogen phosphate

Nitrate sources
KNO3 - Potassium nitrate

Potassium sources
K2SO4 - Potassium sulphate
KCl - Potassium chloride
The above phosphorous and nitrate sources also contain potassium

Misc
K - Potasium
P - Phosphorous
N - Nitrogen
Fe - Iron
Ca - Calcium
Mg - Magnesium
NH4 - Ammonia
NH3 - Ammonium
NO2 - Nitrite

A few tidbits of info:
The numbers are supposed to be in subscript form, like
Commonly used chemicals in Singapore for fertilisers here are KH2PO4 and KNO3 only.

[wfc31]

oh...so thanks a lot Terence (if i'm not get ur name wrongly)

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It's my correct name, . Not bad, you're among the few to spell my name properly, not Terrence.