3+-+morgan+-+K

The English name for the element potassium comes from the word potash referring to the method by which potash was obtained – leaching the ash of burnt wood or tree leaves and evaporating the solution in a pot. = Sodium and Potassium are verry similar! = =  Potassium is usually used in relatively high solubility in water of potassium compounds, such as potassium soaps. Potassium metal has only a few special applications, being replaced in most chemical reactions with sodium metal.

= Its a soft silvery-white alkali metal that oxidizes rapidly in air and is very reactive with water, generating sufficient heat to ignite the hydrogen emitted in the reaction.:) = =

= = = =  POTASSIUM (K)