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Wanna hear a joke about potassium? K
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My girlfriends, Hydrogen and Oxygen, broke up with me. They said I was too reactive.
Did you here Oxygen and I went on a date? It went OK.
The weird thing is that I'm used to make gunpowder and soap. Polar opposites right there.
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Potassium is crucial to heart function and plays a key role in skeletal and smooth muscle contraction.
It is highly reactive with water. Potassium is found in bananas and other fruits and vegetables.
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Relationship Status: in a relationship with Hydrogen
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Parent: Sir Humphry Davy
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Network: Metal
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Valence Eectrons: 1
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Reactivity: highly reactive |
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State of Matter: solid at room temperature |
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Location on Periodic Table: period 4, group 1, element 19 |
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Birthday: 1807
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Hometown: England
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Group: Alkali Metals
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I like to react with water. I prevent the occurrence of a stroke in the human brain.
I help maintain the blood sugar level in the human body.
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- Potassium is found in the ocean.
- Potassium is found in most soils.
- Potassium is mined in Germany, Utah, California, and New Mexico.
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My Friends and I around the World
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Electron Shell Diagram
P+ 19
N= 20
E= 19
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http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/19/potassium
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Comments (6)
Anne Alarcon said
at 2:21 pm on Oct 16, 2012
How are you used in the human body?
What is your compound in bananas?
Mrs. Lockwood said
at 10:34 am on Oct 19, 2012
Think about the Bohr Diagram. What makes potassium so reactive with water?
Lithium said
at 9:38 pm on Oct 28, 2012
I heard you fell in water and exploded. Sorry about that, but I bet the flames were pretty.
Sulfur said
at 10:33 am on Oct 30, 2012
I heard that if you mixed with me wou also explode.
Chlorine said
at 10:10 pm on Nov 1, 2012
Rumor has it that when we are mixed together the results are pretty explosive. You're very reactive!
Nitrogen said
at 7:52 am on Nov 5, 2012
Hey did you know that together, we form saltpeter, which is an essential ingredient in gunpowder!
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