potassium

Sinadarin potassium, kanwa

Pronunciation

• enPR: pətăs′ēəm, IPA: /pəˈtæsiəm/

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• Hyphenation: po‧tas‧si‧um

Noun

Singular potassium

Plural none

1. (uncountable) Potassium is a soft, silvery metal that is never found unbound in nature. It has a symbol K and an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is taken from the Latin kalium. <> Sinadarin potassium, wato kanwa, shima wani element ne wanda yana iya kamawa da wuta wato highly reactive metal ne a Turance.[1]

   Kanwa (Potassium Carbonate) za a iya ciro ta, ta hanyar zuba ruwa a cikin tokar itacen girki [2] <> Potash (potassium carbonate) can be extracted by trickling water through ashes from a hardwood fire. [3]

   Potassium is a highly electronegative element.