potassium

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Meaning

1. noun A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element with atomic number 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983.

   We all need potassium, and green vegetables are a good source.

2. noun An atom of this element.

   This reaction substitutes a potassium for a sodium.

Similar words

k potash ferricyanide chloride iodide bromate permanganate bichromate chlorate sorbate

Often followed by

and chloride iodide hydroxide permanganate in is nitrate cyanide

Word family

potassiums