Question

in an electron dot diagram, the symbol for an element is used to represent?

Answer 1

Yeah, that represent the element (or number of protons)

Answer 2

wrong, it represents the nucleus of the element so that we know the no. of protons by knowing the atomic no. of the element .

Answer 3

@asthanadm1994 is correct...but it's still a symbol for the element.

Answer 4

si si