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Potassium, K Potassium costs 100 dollars per 100 grams. It was discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1807 in England. He found this out by obtaining it from the electrolysis of very dry molten caustic potash. Unusual facts:
 * Boiling point: 336.53 degrees
 * Melting point: 1032 degrees
 * Atomic Number: 19
 * Atomic mass: 39.0983
 * Portons and Neutrons: 19
 * Electrons: 20
 * [|Valence Electrons: 1]
 * Gravity/Density: 0.89 grams per cubic centimeters
 * Before it was discovered people used Potassium mixed with animal fat to make soap.
 * It is the seventh most abundant and makes up 1.5% by weight of the earths crust.

Electron Configuration: 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6 4s1


 * Uses: **


 * ‍ **** Low sodium salt **

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 * Fertilizers typically as the chloride, sulphate, nitrate, or carbonate. **