Word of the Day:
potassium
What It Means
A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element with atomic number 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983.
An atom of this element.
We all need potassium, and green vegetables are a good source.
Did You Know?
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa (a Latinized form of potash) + -ium.
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