Potassium Metal

Potassium metal is a special metal that always available on the earth. Potassium is very reactive metal if on alone state. As a very reactive substance, it is almost impossible to get potassium as a single chemicals. The symbol of potassium is K as stand for Kalium. Potassium have atomic number 19, and have atomic weight 39.098.

The huge quantity of potassium in the nature as a substance potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) well known and had important industrial uses in glass manufacture well before 1700. Other substance that contain of huge potassium is sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃), this chemicals is most often found as a mineral, potash was originally derived from the ashes of vegetables materials.