The element name is "aluminium" outside the US, where it is aluminum.
The root word kal is for Potassium, related to the element symbol for Potassium being K.
Rudolph K. What the "K" stands for is not revealed in any of the books.
Au is the element symbol for gold, from the Latin name, which is aurum.
Kay, as in the letter 'K' not key.
All the elements in the periodic table are denoted by specific letter or group of letters which are generally not the initials of that element . The symbols given to each element is based on their LATIN name . Like Gold(Au) is Aurum, Silver(Ag) is Argentum, Iron(Fe) is Ferrum, sme is the case with Potassium(K) Kelium .
This is because the latin name of potassium is kalium and hence it is denoted by the letter "K" in chemistry.
Potassium is a chemical element with the symbol K and the atomic number 19. It is a soft silvery-white alkali metal.
Potassium, with an Atomic Number of 19, is designated by the symbol 'K'.
Potassium is denoted as K. Chloride is denoted as Cl. Molecular formula will KCl. K+ is anion and Cl- is cation
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It is Potassium.
Argon is an element and it is denoted by Ar.
Potassium (K)
Microstates is denoted by W S(sys)= K(lnW)
beryllium is denoted as Be, and is number 4, it is in group 2 and in period 2
The element with the symbol K on the periodic table is potassium.