Potassium /(?)/
Po·tas·si·um
Potassium
n.
- An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium). (Chem.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Potassium permanganate
- the salt KMnO4, crystallizing in dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; -- used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name chameleon mineral is applied to this salt and also to potassium manganate.
- Potassium bitartrate
- See Cream of tartar, under Cream.