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Potassium K Pot Named Ettle Gray Ash Es

Name Potassium
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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