Potassium

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Chemical element
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Etymology

From potassa (“potash”) + -ium.

Noun

Potassium (uncountable)

1. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.

Derived terms

terms derived from "potassium"

bismuthide of potassium bromide of potassium carbonate of potassium chromate of potassium hydrogen potassium carbonate monopotassium plumbate of potassium potassamide potassic potassio- potassium-39 potassium-40 potassium-42 potassium-43 potassium acetate potassium acid carbonate potassium aluminate potassium aluminum sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate potassium antimonyl tartrate potassium-argon dating potassium bentonite potassium benzoate potassium bicarbonate potassium bifluoride potassium bisulfate potassium bromate potassium bromide potassium carbonate potassium channel potassium chlorate potassium chloride potassium chromate potassium cyanide potassium deficiency potassium dichromate potassium feldspar potassium ferrate potassium ferricyanide potassium ferrocyanide potassium fluoborate potassium fluoride potassium fluosilicate potassium fluorotantalate potassium fluorotitanate potassium fulminate potassium gluconate

potassium glutamate potassium glycerophosphate potassium gold chloride potassium gold cyanide potassium hexafluoroaluminate potassium hexafluoroantimonate potassium hexafluoroarsenate potassium humate potassium hydrate potassium hydride potassium hydrogen carbonate potassium hydroxide potassium iodate potassium iodide potassium iodohydrargyrate potassium linoleate potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate potassium manganate potassium manganite potassium metabisulfite potassium nitrate potassium nitrite potassium osmate potassium oxalate potassium oxide potassium percarbonate potassium perchlorate potassium periodate potassium permanganate potassium peroxide potassium persulfate potassium perxenate potassium phosphate potassium platinocyanide potassium plumbate potassium salt potassium selective electrode potassium silicate potassium sorbate potassium stannate potassium stannite potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate potassium thiocyanate potassium titanyl phosphate potassium vanadate potassium xanthate potassium zirconium fluoride

Related terms

• K⁺
• potash
• potass
• potassa

Translations

the chemical element

Afrikaans: kalium (af) Albanian: kalium (sq) Arabic: بُوتَاسيُوم (ar) (butásyum) m. Armenian: կալիում (hy) (kalium) Asturian: potasiu (ast) m. Basque: potasio (eu) Belarusian: калій (be) (kálij) m. Bosnian: kalij (bs) Breton: potasiom (br), kaliom (br) m. Bulgarian: калий (bg) (kálij) m. Catalan: potassi (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 鉀 (cmn), 钾 (cmn) (jiǎ) Cantonese: 鉀, 鉀 (gaap3) Cornish: calyum (kw) Croatian: kalij (hr) Czech: draslík (cs) Danish: kalium (da) Dutch: kalium (nl) n., potas (nl) f. Esperanto: kalio (eo) Estonian: kaalium (et) Faroese: kalium (fo) Finnish: kalium (fi) French: potassium (fr) m. Friulian: potassi Galician: potasio (gl) m. Georgian: კალიუმი (ka) (kaliumi) German: Kalium (de) n. Greek: κάλιο (el) (kálio) n. Hebrew: אשלגן (he) (ashlegán) m. Hungarian: kálium (hu) Icelandic: kalín (is), kalíum (is) n. Indonesian: kalium (id) Interlingua: potassium (ia), kalium (ia) Irish: potaisiam (ga) Italian: potassio (it) m.

Japanese: カリウム (ja) (kariumu) Kashubian: kali Kazakh: калий (kk) (kálii) Korean: 칼륨 (ko) (kallyum), 칼리 (ko) (kalli), 포타슘 (ko) (potasyum), 가리 (ko) (加里, gari) Latin: kalium (la) n. Latvian: kālijs (lv) Lithuanian: kalis (lt) Luxembourgish: Kalium Macedonian: калиум (mk) (kálium) m. Malay: kalium (ms) Maltese: potassju (mt) Manx: potashum (gv) Mongolian: кали (mn) (kali) Norwegian: kalium (no) Persian: پتاسيم (fa) (potâsim) Polish: potas (pl) m. Portuguese: potássio (pt) m. Romanian: potasiu (ro) n., kaliu (ro) n. Russian: калий (ru) (kálij) m. Scottish Gaelic: potaisiam (gd) Serbian: калијум (sr) (kalijum) m. Slovak: draslík (sk) Slovene: kalij (sl) Spanish: potasio (es) m. Swedish: kalium (sv) n. Tajik: kali' Tamil: வெடியம் (ta) (vediyam) Thai: โพแทสเซียม (th) (phōthaetsiam) Turkish: potasyum (tr) Ukrainian: калій (uk) (kálij) m. Uzbek: калий (uz) (kalii) Vietnamese: kali (vi) Volapük: kalin (vo) Welsh: potasiwm (cy) West Frisian: kalium (fy)

References

• Potassa and Potassium in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=K (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also

• carnallite
• langbeinite
• polyhalite
• potash
• saltpeter, saltpetre
• sylvite

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Noun

Potassium m. (usually uncountable)

1. potassiumast:potassium