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k | potassium |

As a letter k

is the eleventh letter of the.

As a symbol k

is symbol for potassium.

As a noun potassium is

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 390983 the symbol is derived from the latin ''kalium .

k

Translingual

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Letter

  • The eleventh letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) {{Letter , page=K , NATO=Kilo , Morse=–·– , Character=K , Braille=? }} * Uppercase: K * With cedilla: * With hook: * With * With acute: * With dot below: * With line below: * (kra) * (kappa) * (ka) Image:Latin K.png, Capital and lowercase versions of K , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter K.png, Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur

    Symbol

    (Voiceless velar plosive) (head)
  • voiceless velar plosive.
  • (label) Boltzmann's constant
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    potassium

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia potassium)
  • 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 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

    * * potash * potass * potassa

    References

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

    See also

    * carnallite * langbeinite * polyhalite * potash * saltpeter, saltpetre * sylvite ----