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AI overview
Potassium is a soft, silvery white metal (element K, atomic number 19) that reacts quickly with oxygen in the air and was first discovered in plant ashes. It belongs to a group of metals called alkali metals, which are characterized by having a single outer electron that is easily removed to form positively charged ions.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- K
- Molecular weight
- 39.0983 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- potassium
- SMILES
- [K]
- InChIKey
- ZLMJMSJWJFRBEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
306,002 papers- Physiology and pathophysiology of potassium homeostasis.Advances in physiology education · 2016