potassium

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable, usually) 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.
2. (countable, usually) A single atom of this element.

Sinonieme

K

potassic

atomic number 19

potash

kal

kalium

Vertalings

potassium

potassio

Kalium

potasio

potássio

kalium

κάλιο

potassi

potasyum

بوتاسيوم

kalium

potas

κάλιον

qelye

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pəˈtæsiəm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa (a Latinized form of potash) + -ium.