Potassium

chemical element wi the atomic nummer o 19

Potassium is a chemical element wi seembol K (derived frae Neo-Latin, kalium) an atomic nummer 19. It wis first isolate frae potash, the ess o plants, frae whilk its name derives. In the periodic cairt, potassium is ane o the alkali metals. Aw o the alkali metals hae a single valence electron in the ooter electron shell, whilk is easy remuived tae creaut an ion wi a positive chairge – a cation, whilk combines wi anions tae form sauts. Potassium in naitur occurs anly in ionic sauts. Elemental potassium is a saft sillery-white alkali metal that oxidizes rapidly in air an reacts vigorously wi watter, generatin sufficient heat tae ignite hydrogen emittit in the reaction an burnin wi a lilac-colored flame. It is foond dissolved in sea watter (which is 0.04% potassium bi wecht[4][5]), an is pairt o mony meenerals.

Potassium, 19K
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Potassium pearls (in paraffin ile, ~5 mm ilk)
Potassium
Pronunciation/pəˈtæsiəm/ (pə-TASS-ee-əm)
Appearancesillery gray
Standard atomic weight Ar, std(K)39.0983(1)[1]
Potassium in the periodic cairt
Hydrogen Helium
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Airn Cobalt Nickel Capper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Siller (element) Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gowd Mercur (element) Thallium Leid (element) Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Ununtrium Flerovium Ununpentium Livermorium Ununseptium Ununoctium
Na

K

Rb
argonpotassiumcalcium
Atomic nummer (Z)19
Groupgroup 1 (alkali metals)
Periodperiod 4
Blocks-block
Element category  Alkali metal
Electron confeeguration[Ar] 4s1
Electrons per shell2, 8, 8, 1
Pheesical properties
Phase at STPsolit
Meltin pynt336.7 K ​(63.5 °C, ​146.3 °F)
Bylin pynt1032 K ​(759 °C, ​1398 °F)
Density (near r.t.)0.862 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)0.828 g/cm3
Creetical pynt2223 K, 16[2] MPa
Heat o fusion2.33 kJ/mol
Heat o vapourisation76.9 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity29.6 J/(mol·K)
Atomic properties
Oxidation states−1, +1 strangly basic
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 0.82
Ionisation energies
Atomic radiusempirical: 227 pm
Covalent radius203±12 pm
Van der Waals radius275 pm
Colour lines in a spectral range
Colour lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines o potassium
Ither properties
Naitural occurrenceprimordial
Creestal structurbody-centred cubic (bcc)
Body-centered cubic creestal structur for potassium
Speed o soond thin rod2000 m/s (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion83.3 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity102.5 W/(m·K)
Electrical resistivity72 n Ω·m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic orderinparamagnetic[3]
Young's modulus3.53 GPa
Shear modulus1.3 GPa
Bulk modulus3.1 GPa
Mohs haurdness0.4
Brinell haurdness0.363 MPa
CAS Nummer7440-09-7
History
DiskiveryHumphry Davy (1807)
First isolationHumphry Davy (1807)
Main isotopes o potassium
Iso­tope Abun­dance Hauf-life (t1/2) Decay mode Pro­duct
39K 93.26% stable 40K 0.012% 1.248(3)×109 y β 40Ca
ε 40Ar
β+ 40Ar
41K 6.73% stable
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Naiturally occurrin potassium is componed o three isotopes, o whilk 40
K
is radioactive. Traces o 40
K
are foond in aw potassium, an it is the maist common radioisotope in the human bouk.

Potassium is chemically gey seemilar tae sodium, the previous element in group 1 o the periodic table. Thay hae a seemilar first ionisation energy, whilk allous for ilka atom tae gie up its sole outer electron. That thay are different elements that combine wi the same anions tae mak seemilar salts wis suspected in 1702,[6] an wis proven in 1807 uisin electrolysis.

Maist industrial applications o potassium exploits the heich solubility in watter o potassium compoonds, sic as potassium saips. Hivy crop production rapidly depletes the sile o potassium, an this can be remedied wi agricultural fertilizers containin potassium, accoontin for 95% o global potassium chemical production.[7]

Potassium ions is necessar for the function o aw livin cells. The transfer o potassium ions throu nerve cell membranes is necessar for normal nerve transmission; potassium depletion can result in numerous abnormalities, includin an abnormal hert rhythm an various electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities. Fresh fruits an vegetables is guid dietar soorces o potassium. The body responds tae the influx o dietar potassium, whilk raises serum potassium levels, wi a shift o potassium frae ootside tae inside cells an an increase in potassium excretion bi the neers.

References eedit

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  3. Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds, in Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (86th ed.). Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5.
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  6. Marggraf, Andreas Siegmund (1761). Chymische Schriften. p. 167.
  7. Greenwood, p. 73

Citit soorces

  • Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-08-037941-9.