potassium
noun/pəˈtæsiəm/
Etymology Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa (a Latinized form of potash) + -ium.
1
Usually 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
Usually An atom of this element.
- This reaction substitutes a potassium for a sodium.
- Synonyms
- kalium
- Derived terms
137 terms
acesulfame potassium, bismuthide of potassium, bromide of potassium, carbonate of potassium, chromate of potassium, dipotassium, hexapotassium, hydrogen potassium carbonate, hyperpotassemia, hypopotassemia, methylpotassium, monopotassium, nonpotassium, organopotassium, pentapotassium, plumbate of potassium, potassamide, potassian, potassic, potasside, potassiferous, potassio-, potassium-39, potassium-40, potassium-42, potassium-43, potassium acesulfame, potassium acetate, potassium acid carbonate, potassium adipate, potassium alginate, potassium aluminate, potassium aluminium silicate, potassium aluminium sulfate, potassium aluminum sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate, potassium amide, potassium antimonyl tartrate, potassium argentocyanide, potassium-argon dating, potassium ascorbate, potassium bentonite, potassium benzoate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium bifluoride, potassium bisulfate, potassium bisulphite, potassium bitartrate, potassium bromate, potassium bromide, potassium carbonate, potassium channel, potassium chlorate, potassium chloride, potassium chromate, potassium citrate, potassium cyanide, potassium deficiency, potassium dichromate, potassium dicyanoargentate, potassium feldspar, potassium ferrate, potassium ferricyanide, potassium ferrocyanide, potassium fluoborate, potassium fluoride, potassium fluorotantalate, potassium fluorotitanate, potassium fluosilicate, potassium formate, potassium fulminate, potassium fumarate, potassium gluconate, potassium glutamate, potassium glycerophosphate, potassium gold chloride, potassium gold cyanide, potassium guanylate, potassium hexafluoroaluminate, potassium hexafluoroantimonate, potassium hexafluoroarsenate, potassium humate, potassium hydrate, potassium hydride, potassium hydrogen carbonate, potassium hydroxide, potassium inosinate, potassium iodate, potassium iodide, potassium iodohydrargyrate, potassium lactate, potassiumlike, potassium linoleate, potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate, potassium malate, potassium manganate, potassium manganite, potassium metabisulfite, potassium niobate, 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 silver cyanide, potassium soap, potassium sorbate, potassium stannate, potassium stannite, potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate, potassium sulfite, potassium sulphite, potassium thiocyanate, potassium titanyl phosphate, potassium vanadate, potassium xanthate, potassium zirconium fluoride, potassoxyl, radiopotassium, sodium-potassium pump, tetrapotassium, tripotassium, undecapotassium- Related terms
- K⁺, potash, potass, potassa, carnallite, langbeinite, polyhalite, saltpetre, sylvite