OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The symbol, not the name, decides the value. For example, Sodium starts with S, but the symbol is Na, and Na starts with N, so a(11) = 14.
a(114) = 6 and a(116) = 12.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 12 because Lithium is Li and the first letter of Li is L.
MATHEMATICA
Table[ToCharacterCode[StringTake[ElementData[i, "Abbreviation"], 1]][[1]] - 64, {i, 112}] (* T. D. Noe, Oct 01 2012 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,fini,word
AUTHOR
J. Lowell, Jun 19 2012, corrected Oct 01 2012
EXTENSIONS
a(113)-a(118) from J. Lowell, Dec 08 2016
STATUS
approved