PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS: POTASSIUM

Periodic Table of the Elements: Potassium
19
K
Potassium
39.0983
2·8·8·1
____________________

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

-36955-

Top...
Search the Library
Books
Journals
Magazines
Newspapers
Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
About Questia
Questia is the world's largest online academic library offering full-text books, journals, and articles on thousands of topics.

Join Now...
Questia Books and Articles on: Periodic Table of the Elements Potassium
We found: 114 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

75  

 

Journal articles:

 

14  

 

Magazine articles:

 

7  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

5  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

13  
 

books on: Periodic Table of the Elements Potassium  - 75 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance
Book by Eric R. Scerri; Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects: Chemical Elements, Periodic Law--Tables
...weight of an element may sometimes...of contiguous elements. Thus, the...placed particular elements into his system...what- soever (table 4.1). For example, the elements lithium, sodium, potassium, copper, rubidium...major one on the periodic system, appeared...to locate the element in the boron...
2.
The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements
Book by P. W. Atkins; Basic Books, 1995
Subjects: Chemical Elements, Periodic Law
Periodic table continued electron orbitals and, 115 , 120 , 122 -24, 126 ; groups...133 Plutonium, 55 , 63 Pollution, 24 -25, 74 -75 Polonium, 6 , 23 Potassium: discovery of, 50 -51; name of, 50 -51, 59 ; notation of electronic...
3.
The Elements
Book by Ron Miller; Twenty-First Century Books, 2006
Subjects: Chemical Elements--Juvenile Literature
THE PERIODIC TABLE The chemical properties of an element are determined...differentiates one element from another...regular order. Elements i through 9 are...eighteen. The periodic table arranges the elements into seven rows...periods. The first element in any row or...For example, potassium (K), the first...
4.
The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements: A Reference Guide
Book by Robert E.Krebs; Greenwood Press, 1998
...naturally radioactive elements, potassium-40 contributes...Many of the potassium salts we mentioned...compounds of potassium make our lives...Group in the Periodic Table. It is the second...electropositive alkali element and reacts vigorously...
5.
Elements: A Very Short Introduction
Book by Philip Ball; Oxford University Press, 2004
...transportation 49 Periodic Table 3 , 65 6 history of...88 90 transuranic elements 99 100 Perrier, Carlo...137 positrons 106 7 potassium 5 , 67 potassium nitrate nitre 30...organisms 35 primordial elements 109 Propertius 42...
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Periodic Table of the Elements Potassium  - 14 results

       More journal Results: 1-10 11-14 >>  
 
1.
Meiosis-specific Regulation of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae S-phase Cyclin Clb5 Is Dependent on Mlui Cell Cycle Box (Mcb) Elements in Its Promoter but Is Independent of Mcb-binding Factor Activity
Journal article by Sheetal A. Raithatha, David T. Stuart; Genetics, Vol. 169, 2005
Subjects: Cell cycle, Gene expression, Genetics, Medical research
...Box (Mcb) Elements in Its Promoter...that their periodic expression...sporulation element (MSE) in...are listed in Table 1. All of...YEPD) or 2% potassium acetate (YEPKAc...the sequence elements known to act...a consensus element identified...profound effect on periodic transcription...the core MCB element confer the...regulatory elements reprogrammed...
2.
Cryptic Trace-element Variation as an Indicator F Reverse Zoning in a Granitic Pluton: the Ricany Granite, Czech Republic
Journal article by V. Janousek, G. Rogers, D. R. Bowes, V. Vankova; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 154, 1997
Subjects: Czech Republic, Geology, Mineralogy, Minerals
...most trace-element analyses were...determined by potassium dichromate titration...The rare earth elements (REE) were...are given in Tables I and 2. Compared...90-1.39; Table 1). It has...contents of various elements change with...the trace-element behaviour during...especially the trace elements. If this crystal...assimilation and, or, periodic influx of fresh...
3.
Materialization and Dematerialization: Measures and Trends
Journal article by Iddo K. Wernick, Robert Herman, Shekhar Govind, Jesse H. Ausubel; Daedalus, Vol. 125, 1996
Subjects: Advanced materials--Usage, Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects, Materials research--Forecasts, Materials science--Research, Materials--Environmental aspects
...employ all ninety-four naturally occurring elements of the periodic table. We must learn to use the elements even better, in a way compatible with our...not alter the conclusions drawn from the table, as it hardly affects the dominant position...
4.
Middle Woodland Ceramic Exchange in the Lower Illinois Valley
Journal article by Shannon M. Fie; Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, MCJA, Vol. 33, 2008
...important locations for periodic intergroup ceremonies...current study, trace elements offer the most promise...620621). Many trace elements-but especially the...Havana-related sherds (Table 1). These 188 samples...cesium (Cs), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb...
5.
Monensin Improves the Effectiveness of Meso-Dimercaptosuccinate When Used to Treat Lead Intoxication in Rats
Journal article by Shawn A. Hamidinia, Warren L. Erdahl, Clifford J. Chapman, Gregory E. Steinbaugh, Richard W. Taylor, Douglas R. Pfeiffer; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects: Antifungal agents, Combination drug therapy, Drug therapy, Combination
...obtained by examining Table 1, which shows...of physiologic elements in rats that had...in physiologic element levels that were...nonphysiologic elements was being administered...were very low (Table 1) even when they...studies in which the element of interest is...interests. <pre Table 1. Effects of...q) of selected elements <br/ in rat tissues...Skeletal <br/ Element Kidney Liver muscle...
More journal Results: 1-10 11-14 >>

Top...
 

magazine articles on: Periodic Table of the Elements Potassium  - 7 results

       More magazine Results: 1-7 >>  
 
1.
Inventions: in the Labs
Magazine article by Dawn Stover; Popular Science, Vol. 255, September 1999
Subjects: DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid, Genetics, Inventions, Particle accelerators
...molecules called polymers. PERIODIC TABLE A TOTAL OF 63 elements had been discovered...lithium, sodium, and potassium were all known to be...used cards arranged on table to organize the elements...that a peri odic table was published. Soon...
2.
Small, but Super: These 'Atoms' Can't Leap Tall Buildings in a Single Bound, but They Have Special Powers
Magazine article by Davide Castelvecchi; Science News, Vol. 173, June 21, 2008
Subjects: Atoms--Research, Crystals--Composition, Minerals (Geology)--Composition, Minerals--Composition
...of a different element. The first hints...reactions as do elements that crave one...which in the periodic table are the halogens...such as sodium or potassium, which like to...sub.13--(potassium-aluminum) molecules...that replacing potassium ions with larger...
3.
Five Bright Nobles
Magazine article by Steve Voynick; World and I, Vol. 15, March 2000
Subjects: Argon--Usage, Gases, Rare--History, Krypton--Usage, Light sources--Analysis, Neon lighting--Usage, Noble gases--History, Xenon--Usage
...gases, the elements in group 8A of the periodic table. In order...occurring elements that are...as a new element. Noting...most common element, which he...three new elements: neon...old was the potassium-argon method...
4.
Critical Matter
Magazine article by Seth Fletcher; Popular Science, Vol. 278, June 2011
Subjects: Clean technology, Lithium, Mining, Supplies
...critical elements? And what...of obscure elements suddenly commands...lightest element on the periodic table, well suited...any other element. The rechargeable...rare-earth elements such as neodymium...nutrition," potassium fertilizer...
5.
Science Education Is No Guarantee of Skepticism
Magazine article by W. Richard Walker, Steven J. Hoekstra, Rodney J. Vogl; Skeptic, Vol. 9, 2002
Subjects: Science education
...that contain carbon. 6. On the periodic table the symbol Pb represents which...Lead, (D) Plutonium, (E) Potassium. 7. Which of the metric terms...the case of the latter, the key elements of these courses need to be disseminated...
More magazine Results: 1-7 >>

Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Periodic Table of the Elements Potassium  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Periodic Table Site Provides Right Elements
Newspaper article by Joe Szadkowski; The Washington Times, October 4, 2001
Periodic table site provides right elements by Joe Szadkowski...on this exciting element. Fortunately...brethren on the periodic table. WEBELEMENTS...about the chemical elements. The Web site...THE WEBWISE: The periodic table of elements...of titanium and potassium percholate, an...
2.
Rollin' with the Times; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 9, 2011
...QUESTION How many elements from the Periodic Table can be found in the human body? ABOUT 30 elements can be found in the...blood sugar levels. 7 Potassium (0.35 per cent...a counterpart to potassium, it also has a role...
3.
Miranda's Hart of Oak; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 9, 2011
...QUESTION How many elements from the Periodic Table can be found in the human body? ABOUT 30 elements can be found in the...blood sugar levels. 7 Potassium (0.35 per cent...a counterpart to potassium, it also has a role...
4.
Best Diet Plan for Your Plant; KNOW YOUR NUTRIENTS: Some Plant Nutrients Are Significantly More Important Than Others
Newspaper article; Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), May 8, 2010
Subjects: Plants, Plants (Organisms)
...you remember your periodic table from high school...phosphorous and potassium. So when we talk...of each of these elements present in the...Well these three elements are also known...vitally important element in the plant amino...Proteaceae family. Potassium (K) The last...
5.
Chemists Sparkle over 4th of July
Newspaper article by Denise Barnes; The Washington Times, June 28, 2001
...those things go boom? The periodic table holds the key. Without the...is, its a combination of potassium nitrate, aluminum and iron...produced by specific chemical elements that are heated to high temperatures...says. "For example, the element strontium will produce a beautiful...


Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Periodic Table of the Elements Potassium  - 13 results

       More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-13 >>  
 
1.
Periodic Table of the Elements: Potassium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS: POTASSIUM Periodic Table of the Elements: Potassium Atomic Number: 19 Atomic Symbol: K Potassium Atomic Weight: 39.0983 Electron Configuration: 2 8 8 1 ____________________ Copyright 2009...
2.
Potassium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POTASSIUM p tas e m...metallic chemical element; symbol K...valence +1. Potassium is a soft...Group 1 of the periodic table . It is extremely...water to form potassium hydroxide...nonmetallic elements (except nitrogen...
3.
Periodic Law
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...form of a table in which the...called the periodic system or the periodic table . Pioneering Periodic Arrangements...properties of elements and their...some three-element groups, or...sodium, and potassium, another...
4.
Cobalt , Chemical Element
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COBALT , chemical element metallic chemical element; symbol Co; at...of Group 9 of the periodic table . Like iron, it can...physical properties. The element is active chemically...of cobalt oxide, potassium carbonate, and sand...
5.
Metal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...METAL chemical element displaying certain...thirds of the known elements (see periodic table ). Some metals...metals (lithium, potassium, and sodium...another radioactive element, is used in nuclear...Metals in the Periodic Table Metals fall...
More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-13 >>

Top...
 About Questia   ::   Privacy   ::   Contact