-- card: 19193 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: K -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- K -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Potassium -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 19 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 39.0983 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 0.862 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- 63.25 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 760 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +1 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (Eng. potash, pot ashes; L. kalium) Discovered in 1807 by Davy. The seventh most abundant on earth and makes up about 2.4% of the earth's crust. Found extensively as potash (KOH), mined in Germany, U.S. and elsewhere. Lighter than all metals except lithium. -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- alkali metal, highly reactive (especially water), not found free in nature, nine known isotopes, silver metal -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- fertilizers, essential to plant growth -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.196 -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- Electron Configuration: 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 2 2 6 2 6 1