potassium
po·tas·sium
noun
Origin
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa (a Latinized form of potash) + -ium.
Phrases
- acesulfame potassium
- bismuthide of potassium
- bromide of potassium
- carbonate of potassium
- chromate of potassium
- hydrogen potassium carbonate
- plumbate of potassium
- potassium acesulfame
Related words
Word family
- potassium-argon dating
- potassium acid carbonate
- potassium alum
- potassium bicarbonate
- potassium bromide
- potassium carbonate
- potassium chlorate
- potassium chloride
- potassium cyanide
- potassium dichromate
- potassium ferrocyanide
- potassium hydrogen carbonate
- potassium hydrogen tartrate
- potassium hydroxide
- potassium iodide
- potassium nitrate
Broader terms
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