Name | Potassium |
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Number | 19 |
Symbol | K |
Memory sentence | Kettle, or Pot of gray Ashes. 19th-century way to make soap from potash (potassium is named for potash, potassium carbonate or hydroxide, which is named for the pot of ashes used to obtain it). |
Tags: group:1, period:4
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