Why is the symbol for platassium K?

Answer 1

Potassium's chemical symbol comes from the Latin word kalium (alkali). This obviously makes sense because on the Periodic Table of chemical elements, Potassium is an alkali metal, one of 7 in Group 1.

Answer 2

Actually its the other way around, why is K called potassium. The name is derived from the english word potash. The chemical symbol K comes from kalium, the Mediaeval Latin for potash, which may have derived from the arabic word qali, meaning alkali.

Answer 3

This comes from the old name of the element Kalium. Other examples are Sodium Na (natrium), Copper Cu (cuprum), Lead Pb (plumbum), Mercury Hg (hydragyrum), iron Fe (ferrum), silver Ag (argentum), Gold Au (aurum) and Tungsten W (wolfram). It is called in Arabic: al qalja‎ and then in Latin: kalium. It is called in Arabic: al qalja‎ and then in Latin: kalium.

Answer 4

K Stands for potassium because the original name of this substance was called kalium. kal- refers to kalium, the Neo-Latin for potassium.

Answer 5

k stands for the latin word kalium now known as potassium

Answer 6

The chemical symbol for potassium is K from the Latin word kalium.

Answer 7

It comes from the Latin word "kalium".

Answer 8

The latin name for potassium is kalium.