potassium

     

Potassium (pronounce /pəˈtæsiəm/) is a chemical element. It has the symbol K (Latin: kalium) and atomic number 19. The name "potassium" comes from the word "potash", as potassium was first isolated from potash. Potassium is a soft silvery-white metallic alkali metal that occurs naturally bound to other elements in seawater and many minerals. It oxidizes rapidly in air and is very reactive with water, generating sufficient heat to ignite the evolved hydrogen. In many respects, potassium and sodium are chemically similar, although they have very different functions in organisms in general, and in animal cells in particular.

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  • This second-lightest metal, symbol K, is so soft it can be cut with a knife
  • (Dr. Oz shows a plate of bananas, dates, strawberries, and other fruits.) One way to control high blood pressure is to counteract high levels of sodium in the average diet by eating foods rich in magnesium & this element--symbol K
  • Add the 1-letter symbol for this element to "stor" or "lar" & you get birds
  • Humphry Davy named this element after potash, its much older name
  • Make no bones about it, Sir Humphry Davy discovered calcium, Ca, Sodium, Na, & this, K
  • Its symbol K comes from kalium, a Latinized version of the Arabic word for alkali
  • Symbolized K, this metal is so soft it can be cut with a knife
  • Isolated by Sir Humphry Davy, this second-lightest metal could make you go bananas
  • The eighth most abundant element in the earth's crust & the seventh most abundant in you is this special K
  • Magnesium & this element can help prevent muscle cramps, so eat plenty of bananas
  • This fertilizer element was leached out of wood ashes & dried in iron pots, hence its other name, potash
  • (Hi, I'm Richard Simmons!) Raisins & dried apricots are good sources of this essential mineral whose chemical symbol is K
  • Plant a banana peel at the base of a rose bush; this element in the peel feeds the plant & fends off disease
  • Bananas are rich in this element that controls the body's fluid balance, providing more than almost any other fruit
  • Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K
  • Kalium
  • "To protect taste" Diet Coke adds some "K" to the mix:this element
  • Its atomic number is 19
  • Your daily diet should include ample amounts of this element, kalium in Latin

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