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Definition of potassium:
Synonyms:
kibibyte, thousand, brass, k, cast iron, kelvin, honey oil, super C, bauxite, cat valium, bronze, one thousand, thou, kilobyte, grand, yard, jet, aluminium, super acid, kB, special K, chrome, green, chiliad, atomic number 19.
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element (part of speech: noun)
- europium,
- iodine,
- cobalt,
- zinc,
- neodymium,
- arsenic,
- carbon,
- argon,
- beryllium,
- silver,
- plutonium,
- boron,
- promethium,
- phosphorus,
- antimony,
- radium,
- americium,
- chlorine,
- sulfur,
- manganese,
- tellurium,
- cadmium,
- erbium,
- copper,
- technetium,
- praseodymium,
- lutetium,
- cesium,
- fermium,
- germanium,
- neptunium,
- osmium,
- lead,
- thallium,
- oxygen,
- mendelevium,
- californium,
- rhodium,
- xenon,
- berkelium,
- curium,
- thulium,
- ruthenium,
- lithium,
- gallium,
- niobium,
- magnesium,
- mercury,
- iron,
- uranium,
- palladium,
- tin,
- bromine,
- terbium,
- cerium,
- krypton,
- nickel,
- holmium,
- scandium,
- polonium,
- rubidium,
- thorium,
- helium,
- nobelium,
- strontium,
- hydrogen,
- indium,
- neon,
- gold,
- hafnium,
- vanadium,
- sodium,
- bismuth,
- molybdenum,
- rhenium,
- ytterbium,
- einsteinium,
- gadolinium,
- calcium,
- nitrogen,
- platinum,
- titanium,
- dysprosium,
- lanthanum,
- francium,
- iridium,
- chromium,
- selenium,
- aluminum,
- yttrium,
- tungsten,
- silicon,
- astatine,
- actinium,
- tantalum,
- fluorine,
- barium,
- radon,
- zirconium,
- samarium,
- element,
- protactinium
- metal (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
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The distilling flask is gradually heated in an oil bath until the temperature of the bath is 200'0, and the bromostyrene is then dropped in upon the molten potassium hydroxide, at the rate of somewhat less than a drop a second.
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Solutions of potassium iodide were frequently used for this purpose, giving a sharp, blue record, but fading away too rapidly.
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A recent speculator preferred cyanide of potassium.