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Potassium vs Phosphorus - What's the difference?

potassium | phosphorus |

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 .

As a proper noun phosphorus is

a name sometimes used for hesperus, the personification in greek mythology of the planet venus.

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 ----

    phosphorus

    English

    (wikipedia phosphorus)

    Noun

  • (chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.
  • (obsolete) any substance exhibiting phosphorescence; a phosphor

    • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse phosphorus' with ' phosphorous , which is an adjective.

    Derived terms

    * Baldwin's phosphorus * Bolognian phosphorus * Bononian phosphorus * Canton's phosphorus * diphosphorus * foss, phos, phoss * fossy, phossy * Hittorf's phosphorus * Homberg's phosphorus * mercurial phosphorus * Montalbano's phosphorus * phosph-, phospho- * phosphane * phosphonium * phosphorate * phosphorent * phosphoreous * phosphoresce * phosphoriferous * phosphorite * phosphoro- * phosphorolysis * * phosphorus bottle * phosphorus cachexia * phosphorus chloride * phosphorus liver * phosphorus match * phosphorus necrosis * phosphorus oxybromide * phosphorus oxychloride * phosphorus paste * phosphorus pentabromide * phosphorus pentachloride * phosphorus pentafluoride * phosphorus pentasulfide, phosphorus pentasulphide * phosphorus pentoxide * phosphorus poisoning * phosphorus sesquisulfide, phosphorus sesquisulphide * phosphorus tribromide * phosphorus trichloride * phosphorus trifluoride * phosphorus trihydride * phosphorus triiodide * phosphoryl * phossy jaw * black phosphorus * red phosphorus * violet phosphorus * white phosphorus * yellow phosphorus

    Related terms

    * phosphate * phosphatization * phosphatized * phosphatizing * phosphide * phosphine * phosphite * phosphor * phosphoreal, phosphorial * phosphoresce * phosphorescence * phosphorescent * phosphoretic * phosphorgummite * phosphoric * phosphorise, phosphorize * phosphorism * phosphorist * phosphorous * phosphor-roesslerite, * phosphoruria, phosphuria * Phosphorus * phosphure * phosphuret * phosphureted

    See also

    * ADP * AMP * ATP * bone-ash * smoking stool syndrome ----