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Potassium
| My Nucleus has 19 protons and 20 neutrons. My amu is 39.0983  I have 4 isotopes. | My Electrons [Ar].4s1  Shell Structure: 2.8.8.1  | My Properties I am a soft silvery-white metallic alkali metal. I am very reactive with water and oxidize quickly in air. Melting Point: 146.57°F Boiling Point: 1452.2°F  |
| My Home (Body, Planet, Universe) Potassium is the 7th most abundent element in the Earth's crust; it is 2.4% of its weight. It is never found free in nature. |  | My Compounds (My Friends!)   |
| My Story I was discovered by Humphrey Davy in 1807. I came from caustic potash; I was the first metal isolated by electrolysis. | My Jobs Most soaps are made with potassium. It's also used in explosives, matches, and glassware. It is also put into medicines espcially ones foir the nose. | |
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