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potassium 音標拼音: [pət'æsiəm] n. 鉀[金屬元素] 鉀[金屬元素] potassium n 1: a light soft silver- white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite [ synonym: { potassium}, { K}, { atomic number 19}] Potassium \ Po* tas" si* um\, n. [ NL. See { Potassa}, { Potash}.] ( Chem.) An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39. 0. Symbol K ( Kalium). [ 1913 Webster] Note: It is reduced from the carbonate as a soft white metal, lighter than water, which oxidizes with the greatest readiness, and, to be preserved, must be kept under liquid hydrocarbons, as naphtha or kerosene. Its compounds are very important, being used in glass making, soap making, in fertilizers, and in many drugs and chemicals. [ 1913 Webster] { Potassium permanganate}, the salt { KMnO4}, crystallizing in dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; -- used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name { chameleon mineral} is applied to this salt and also to potassium manganate. { Potassium bitartrate}. See { Cream of tartar}, under { Cream}. [ 1913 Webster]
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