As nouns the difference between vanadium and potassium
is that vanadium is vanadium (symbol: v) while 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 .
vanadium
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Noun
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A chemical element, (symbol V) with an atomic number of 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
Synonyms
* panchromium (name proposed by the mineralogist )
* rionium (name proposed by the geologist )
Derived terms
* ferrovanadium
* vanadate
* vanadian
* vanadiate
* vanadic
* vanadinite
* vanadious
* vanadite
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* vanadium-associated protein
* vanadium bromoperoxidase
* vanadium carbide
* vanadium carbonyl
* vanadium chloride
* vanadium chromagen
* vanadium dichloride
* vanadium dioxide
* vanadium oxide
* vanadium oxytrichloride
* vanadium pentachloride
* vanadium pentoxide
* vanadium steel
* vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide
* vanadium tetrachloride
* vanadium tetraoxide
* vanadium trichloride
* vanadium trioxide
* vanadium trisulfate, vanadium trisulphate
* vanadocyte
* vanadous
* vanadyl
Related terms
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See also
* carnotite
* patronite
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potassium
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Noun
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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-
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* 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
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* 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
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