Where is potassium natually found in nature?

Answer 1

Potassium occurs naturally in bananas, and is essential to plant growth. It comes as a powder, and is silvery in color.

Answer 2

Poassium, being a highly reactive element, does not occur naturally. It is always in combination with something. As the first answer says, it's found in bananas (and a lot of other things), but not as pure potassium. To say it's a powder and is silvery in colour may be true, but you won't find it naturally like this. To get the pure form you have to refine it and make sure you keep the air off it, or it'll react with the air.

Answer 2

Potassium is a very abundant element, ranking seventh among all the elements in the Earth's http://www.answers.com/topic/crust, 2.59% of which is potassium in combined form. Seawater contains 380 parts per million, making potassium the sixth most plentiful element in solution. You will only find it in nature in compounds.

If you are looking to find potassium for your diet you can eat potatoes or bananas.

Then you will find potassium in your muscles that is necessary for your health.

Potassium is highly chemically reactive and will have a violent, even explosive, reaction with H 2 O, water. So much so that in chemistry class your teacher will only let you watch him handle it, and he will wear goggles to prevent blindness.
Potassium can be found in fruit (bananas, citrus fruits, apples), beans, avocados, raisins, nuts, whole grains, wheat germ, milk, fish (snapper, salmon) and vegetables (leafy greens, broccoli, tomatoes, potatoes). It is not found in its' pure form in nature.

Answer 3

i dont know Hww11- potassium is found in minerals (i'm not sure which ones though)

Answer 4

Mostly in banana and other types of plants.