Potassium Synonyms

pə-tăsē-əm
A light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. k
  2. atomic number 19

Words Related to Potassium

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. periodic-table
  2. sodium
  3. calcium
  4. bicarbonate
  5. phosphate
  6. magnesium
  7. iodine
  8. ferricyanide
  9. iodate
  10. urea
  11. selenium
  12. hyaluronate
  13. glucose
  14. electrolyte
  15. chloride
  16. dichromate

Potassium Sentence Examples

  • It is slightly soluble in potassium sulphide.

  • On oxidation with potassium permanganate it is converted into acetyl urea, together with other products.

  • The yellow precipitate obtained is washed with a solution of potassium acetate and finally with dilute alcohol.

  • It is insoluble in dilute acids, but is readily soluble in excess of potassium cyanide.

  • It was found, for instance, that a film of insoluble copper ferrocyanide, deposited in the walls of a porous vessel by the inward diffusion and meeting of solutions of copper sulphate and potassium ferrocyanide, would allow water to pass, but retained sugar dissolved in that liquid.

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