{"id":2966,"date":"2022-04-29T20:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T20:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2022-04-29T20:05:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T20:05:01","slug":"potassium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/29\/potassium\/","title":{"rendered":"Potassium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Potassium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.byjus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/chemistry\/2016\/04\/19061608\/Potassium_Tile-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Potassium\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Symbol<\/td><td>K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Number<\/td><td>19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Mass<\/td><td>39.0983 amu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Discovered by<\/td><td>Humphry Davy in 1807<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Element Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Group<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>Melting point<\/td><td>63.5\u00b0C, 146.3\u00b0F, 336.7 K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Period<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>Boiling point<\/td><td>759\u00b0C, 1398\u00b0F, 1032 K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Block<\/td><td>s<\/td><td>Density (g cm<sup>\u22123<\/sup>)<\/td><td>0.89<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic number<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>Relative atomic mass<\/td><td>39.098<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>State at 20\u00b0C<\/td><td>Solid<\/td><td>Key isotopes<\/td><td><sup>39<\/sup>K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Electron configuration<\/td><td>[Ar] 4s<sup>1<\/sup><\/td><td>CAS number<\/td><td>7440-09-7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ChemSpider ID<\/td><td>4575326<\/td><td>ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Potassium?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Potassium is the first element of the fourth period (row) in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/periodic-table\/\">periodic table<\/a>.<\/li><li>The atomic mass of potassium is 39.098 atomic mass units. It is denoted by the symbol \u2018K\u2019.<\/li><li>The term potassium arises from a material called Potash.<\/li><li>The element has been in use for hundreds of years.<\/li><li>It is an alkali metal along with lithium, rubidium, sodium, caesium, and francium<\/li><li>It is a very active metal and never occurs free in nature and it always forms a compound with other elements.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potassium metal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Potassium (K), chemical element of Group 1 (IA) of the periodic table, the alkali metal group, indispensable for both plant and animal life.<br><a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Isotopes of Potassium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Potassium usually has three isotopes, it goes by the name of potassium-39, 40 and 41. The potassium-40 is highly radioactive and can be found in rocks, plants, and animals. It is used to measure the age of objects. This isotope breaks down into an isotope of argon.<br><a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uses of Potassium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It can be used as a medium of heat exchange and are used in nuclear power plants because of this reason<\/li><li>People use potassium salts as a constituent of fertilizer.<\/li><li>It is one of the essential nutrients of the human body<\/li><li>Potassium chloride is also used in injections.<\/li><li>Potash can be used to make glass and soap etc<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Physical and Chemical Properties Of Potassium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It is soft and shiny metal which has a melting point 63 degrees and the boiling point as 770 degrees.<\/li><li>Potassium metal can float on water<\/li><li>It reacts with water violently and gives hydrogen which can actually catch fire and may explode<\/li><li>It can readily react with chlorine, fluorine, sulphur, nitrogen and phosphorous.<\/li><li>It has a green vapour and lavender coloured flame<\/li><li>It is ranked as the 7th most abundant element present in the earth\u2019s crust.<\/li><li>The element is always traced in combination with other elements.<\/li><li>Once isolated, potassium turns into a malleable metal with a silver colour profile.<\/li><li>Potassium reacts with water violently and gives off hydrogen gas<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Certain Facts About Potassium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The symbol of Potassium (K) signifies the term Kalium.<\/li><li>It is an ancient term used to label the element and has its roots in the term \u201calkali.\u201d<\/li><li>Like the other elements in the first column, potassium is an associate of the alkali group with caesium and\u00a0sodium.<\/li><li>It was the first metal to get isolated by electrolysis<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potassium Symbol K Atomic Number 19 Atomic Mass 39.0983 amu Discovered by Humphry Davy in 1807 Element Data Group 1 Melting point 63.5\u00b0C, 146.3\u00b0F, 336.7 K Period 4 Boiling point 759\u00b0C, 1398\u00b0F, 1032 K Block s Density (g cm\u22123) 0.89 Atomic number 19 Relative atomic mass 39.098 State at 20\u00b0C Solid Key isotopes 39K Electron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}