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What language does the chemical symbol for Potassium come from?

Potassium is kalium in Latin.


Is kalium a metal?

Kalium (potassium) is a metal.


What is the scientific word for potassium?

Potassium is the scientific word for potassium. Another name is kalium, but this isn't used regularly in the English language.


What element starts with the letter k?

Examples in the English language: krypton, kalium (potassium).


What is the scientific name for potassium?

There really aren't any, since potassium is not something you find lying around (it's way too reactive). Potassium hydroxide has a common name of "lye" if that helps. You might also hear it called "potash" (which is where the word potassium comes from).


Which element was once called kalium?

Potassium. Kalium is Latin. This is why the macro-nutrients listed on fertilizer bags and referenced to in the agricultural world as N-P-K. (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium, the latter formerly referred to as Kalium.)


What is the orgin name for potassium?

Kalium. That's why potassium's symbol is K.


How did potassium get its symbol?

The Latin name for potassium is Kalium, hence the "K".


What element is kalium?

Kalium is the Latin name for the element potassium (K) on the periodic table. It is a soft, silvery-white metal that is highly reactive and important for various biological processes in living organisms.


What is k in potassium?

'K' is the atomic symbol for potassium from the Latin Kalium


Why is K the element for potassium?

in latin it is Kalium


What is the scientific name of pottasium?

Potash is scientifically known as potassium carbonate