Potassium, like all alkali metals (Na, Cs, Li) are much too reactive with water (explosive) and oxygen (self ignition). They are only kept as metal elements when UNDER paraffin oil to exclude H2O and O2.
They are both very reactive so it is likely that they will have reacted with another element around them.
Bc u eat it
potassium is a natural element and found inn several minerals in earth . but it can not exist free in nature.
Most elements are sufficiently reactive so it can not exist in elemental form.
free since it is a noble gas
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The alkali metals are all very recative and are not found free in nature (pure elemental form) but are always found as compounds. (minerals)
potassium is a natural element and found inn several minerals in earth . but it can not exist free in nature.
iron,silver,and gold
Sodium is highly reactive and never exists in free state. It is always found in the combined state.
Gold is found ONLY in free state, since it is noble, does not tend to link. Moreover, its compounds, if were present in nature, would decompose under heat, light - to free gold
Sodium, being a reactive element In group 1, cannot be found as element in nature. One of its common compounds is rock salt.
It makes up about 2.4% of the Earth's crust. It is never found free in nature and it is used for fertilizers, fireworks, oxidizing agent, sedative, medicine, soap, glass, and iodized salt.
Only a few metals are found in the free state, generally metals react to form for example oxides, sulfides which then may further react. Some found free are gold silver copper and platinum. All of these are relatively unreactive
it was found in 1808 and it is not found free in nature
Most elements are sufficiently reactive so it can not exist in elemental form.
most elements have partly filled orbitals (or shells) and they try to gain, lose or share electrons so as to satisfy octet rule. Hence they are reactive and not generally found in free state
Sodium (Na) is a highly reactive element so it cannot be found in free state but we can have it in compound form like NaCl.
Pure calcium can usually be found only in a laboratory or chemical supply storage facility; calcium is too reactive to exist in a free state in nature.