Chemical Symbol For Potassium. N.d. N.p.
KLH
KLH
About
History
Potassium is named after the old english word "potash" which is how it was discovered. Potash is when
You take the remains of a plant and try to evaporate its contents. Potassium is a soft, silver like metal that
is solid at room temperature. Potassium is highly reactive with water and is the eighth most abundant element in the crust. It was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy in 1807.
You take the remains of a plant and try to evaporate its contents. Potassium is a soft, silver like metal that
is solid at room temperature. Potassium is highly reactive with water and is the eighth most abundant element in the crust. It was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy in 1807.
Uses
Potassium is used in both military and industrial settings. Potassium is a key ingredient in fertilizers and
are in military-style flashbangs and smoke grenades. In flashbangs potassium nitrate is used as an oxidizer
and when ignited make a blinding flash and a loud bang. This is meant to disorient hostiles so that the danger level for the police lowers. Potassium chlorate is used in smoke grenades to create a large amount
of smoke in a short period of time. Different dyes are used to color the smoke. The colors have no real
use but can help signal different situations. If you chew raw potassium gymnemate will give you mouth
and tongue a temporary sensations that of cocaine. Eventually it will start to taste like sand and numb
your tongue.
are in military-style flashbangs and smoke grenades. In flashbangs potassium nitrate is used as an oxidizer
and when ignited make a blinding flash and a loud bang. This is meant to disorient hostiles so that the danger level for the police lowers. Potassium chlorate is used in smoke grenades to create a large amount
of smoke in a short period of time. Different dyes are used to color the smoke. The colors have no real
use but can help signal different situations. If you chew raw potassium gymnemate will give you mouth
and tongue a temporary sensations that of cocaine. Eventually it will start to taste like sand and numb
your tongue.
Sources
"Hotter Than Lava: Every Day, Cops Toss Flashbang Grenades With Little Oversight and Horrifying Results." Top Stories RSS. N.p., 12 Jan. 2015. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.
Kean, Sam. "Ch 11." The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of
the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. New York: Little, Brown, 2010. 194-95. Print.
Parsons, Paul, and Gail Dixon. The Periodic Table: A Visual Guide to the Elements. New York: Quercus,
2014. Print.
Kean, Sam. "Ch 11." The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of
the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. New York: Little, Brown, 2010. 194-95. Print.
Parsons, Paul, and Gail Dixon. The Periodic Table: A Visual Guide to the Elements. New York: Quercus,
2014. Print.
