potassium

argon$\longleftarrow$ 19 $\longrightarrow$calcium

Pronunciation

• enPR: pətăs′ēəm, IPA ^(key): /pəˈtæsiəm/

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• Hyphenation: po‧tas‧si‧um

Noun

Singular potassium

Plural none

1. (uncountable) Potassium is a soft, silvery metal that is never found unbound in nature. It has a symbol K and an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is taken from the Latin kalium.

   Potassium is a highly electronegative element.