Potassium!
Learn about Potassium & how you need it! Made by: Nick Vach
Basic information!
- Potassium symbol is "K"
- The atomic number is 19
- The atomic weight is 39.0098
- Potassium is in group 4 and period 1
- Silvery white is the color of potassium and it is a metal
History within your element!
- Discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy at England in 1807
- Potassium relates to its Latin name known as Kalium
- Potassium was not recognized until Sodium and Potassium were different
- Potassium was first metal to be isolated by using high levels of electric currents called electrolysis!
potassium on the periodic table
potassiums electron surrounding around the atom
potassium in its solid state
Potassiums uses to benefit you!
- Potassium salts for plants and animals
- Vegetables has potassium in it!
- Potassium is found in soils!
What is potassium?
- Seventh most abundant metal
- essential element for plant growth!
- very reactive and never found free in nature!
- found in humans and is very important
Potassium is in you!
- Major element inside cell fluids
- Essential to nerve and heart function
- In a lot of human diet
Potassium in contact with oxygen
Potassium as a solid
Where is Potassium found?
- Makes up 1.5% amount of weight to the earth’s crust
- Found in seawater
- In Germany USA, it is found as minerals known as potash
- minerals as sylvite, carnalite, and langbeinite are found in very old lakes and sea beds
What is potassium like?
- Very soft and easily can be cut with a knife
- combustible with oxygen which means it will catch fire when in contact with oxygen
Interesting facts!
- Lilac colored flame when in contact with oxygen
- Must be stored with oil to not react with oxygen
- One of the most reactive metals
- Besides lithium it is the least dense metal