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- 39K
- 93.3%
- 40K
- 0.0117%
- 41K
- 6.73%
- Appearance
- silvery white, faint bluish-purple hue when exposed to air
- Atomic number (Z)
- 19
- Atomic radius
- empirical: 227 pm
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Overview
- Chemical element
- Symbol Symbol (chemistry)
- Neo-Latin
- Atomic number
- Oxygen
- Potassium peroxide
- Potash
- Periodic table
- Alkali metals Alkali metal
- Valence electron
- An ion with a positive charge Cation
- Anions Anion
- Salts Salt (chemistry)
- Hydrogen
- Lilac
- Colored flame Flame color
- Minerals Mineral
- Orthoclase
- Granites Granite
- Igneous rocks Igneous rock
- Sodium
- Group Group (periodic table)
- Ionization energy
- Electrolysis
- Isotopes Isotope
- 40 K Potassium-40
- Radioactive
- Radioisotope
- Electrocardiographic
- Serum Serum (blood)
Etymology
- Humphry Davy
- Alkali
- Arabic Arabic language
- Martin Klaproth Martin Heinrich Klaproth
- Leucite
- Lepidolite
- Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert
- Berzelius Jöns Jacob Berzelius
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
- Louis Jacques Thénard
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Discovery
Properties
- Nitrogen
- Saturated hydrocarbons
- Kerosene
- Ammonia
- Electride
- Graphite
- Graphite intercalation compounds Graphite intercalation compound
- Salts
- Rieke method Rieke metal
- Magnesium chloride
- Aquo complexes Metal aquo complex
- Crown ethers Crown ether
- Cryptand
- Ligands Ligand
- Coordination complexes Coordination complex
- Half-life
- 40 Ar Argon
- Electron capture
- Positron emission
- 40 Ca Calcium
- Beta decay
- Potassium–argon dating
- Biotite
- Muscovite
- Metamorphic
- Hornblende
- Feldspar
- Whole rock Petrography
- Tracers Radioactive tracer
- Weathering
History
Occurrence
Commercial production
- Polyhalite
- Seabeds Seabed
- Canada
- Russia
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Germany
- Israel
- Jordan
- Great Britain
- Zechstein
- Permian
- Saskatchewan
- Dead Sea
- Magnesium
- Slag heaps Slag heap
- Hydroxide Potassium hydroxide
- Calcium carbide
- Flame test
- Lilac color Lilac (color)
- Spectroscopic methods Spectroscopy
- Flame photometry Photoelectric flame photometer
- X-ray fluorescence
- Gravimetric analysis
- Hexachloroplatinic acid
Commercial uses
- Plant
- Soil
- Fertilizer
- Agriculture
- Horticulture
- Hydroponic
- Sulfate Potassium sulfate
- In 'NPK' Labeling of fertilizer
- Yield Crop yield
- Rochelle salt
- Baking powder
- Silvering
- Potassium bromate
- Dough
- Potassium bisulfite
- Wine
- Beer
- Bleach
- Leathers Leather
- Acids Acid
- PH
- Saponify Saponification
- Oils
- Esters
- Guano
- Evaporites
- Haber process
- Oxidant
- Black powder
- Potassium cyanide
Biological role
Precautions
- Sodium chloride
- Sodium carbonate
- Silicon dioxide
- Class D Fire extinguisher
- Organic compounds Organic compound
- Hyperkalemia
- Lethal injection
Bibliography
- ISBN ISBN (identifier)
- Doi Doi (identifier)
- Wayback Machine
- USDA
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sodium used salts water chloride potash metal 40 ions compounds element also one cell renal production common plasma body first
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Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Potassium | 39K | 93.3% | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | 40K | 0.0117% | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | 41K | 6.73% | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Appearance | silvery white, faint bluish-purple hue when exposed to air | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Atomic number (Z) | 19 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Atomic radius | empirical: 227 pm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Block | s-block | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Boiling point | 1030.793 K (757.643 °C, 1395.757 °F) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Brinell hardness | 0.363 MPa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Bulk modulus | 3.1 GPa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | CAS Number | 7440-09-7 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Covalent radius | 203±12 pm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Critical point | 2223 K, 16 MPa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Crystal structure | body-centered cubic (bcc) (cI2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Density (at 20° C) | 0.8590 g/cm3 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Discovery and first isolation | Humphry Davy (1807) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Electrical resistivity | 72 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Electron configuration | [Ar] 4s1 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Electronegativity | Pauling scale: 0.82 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 8, 1 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Group | group 1: hydrogen and alkali metals | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Heat of fusion | 2.33 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Heat of vaporization | 76.9 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Ionization energies | 1st: 418.8 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Ionization energies | 2nd: 3052 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Ionization energies | 3rd: 4420 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Ionization energies | (more) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Lattice constant | a = 532.69 pm (at 20 °C) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Magnetic ordering | paramagnetic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Potassium | Main isotopes | .mw-parser-output .isotopes-table{text-align:center;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .isotopes-table-headers>:not(:first-child){padding:0… | 1.00 | infobox |
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