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Potassium

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 Periodic Network

 

 Quote:

If you like Bananas you like me!  

 

Status update:

10/9 Little yellow men in overalls are screaming "Banana" and fighting over me :P 

10/12  Some people say I bond too easily but I can't help it, my valence electrons just get so lonely

10/13 My potash is being used to make soap... Fun! :) 

11/3 I feel so calm now that I have balanced out my chemical equations! This is a vey important thing to do since the law of conservation of matter states that no matter can be created or destroyed. 

 

 

Overview:

Hi! I'm Potassium! I'm an Alkali Metal. I can be silver or white or some where in between. I have a melting point of 145 degrees Farenhight I'm very active and can violent ( with water) :) In nature I never occur alone, only in compounds. Some places where I can be found are, in bananas, in soap, in cantolope and in fertilizer. 

Information: 

 

Relationship Status: 

Ready to bond

Primary Relationship: 

Someone bond with me I have many great compounds!!! 

network: 

Metal 

valence electrons:

reactivity: Very reactive 
State of matter:  Solid  
Location on Periodic Table: Group 1 Period 4 

Birthday: 

1807 

Hometown: 

England  

Movies: 

Despicable Me 

Activities & Interests:

I am a Silvery metal, soft enough to cut with a butter knife. My atomic number is 13 and my atomic mass is 39.  I melt at 63 degrease Celsius.  I have 5 isotopes.  I am the 8th most common element is the earths crust. Reacting with other elements is an interest mine, as I am a very reactive metal. :)   There are 4 main types of chemical reactions these are synthesis reactions, decomposition reaction, single displacement reactions and double displacement reactions.  I can be a part of any of these reactions. But i most often use single displacement reaction. 

 


Places:

In soap         10/12           My potash is used to make soap

On the Ground (in fertilizers)   10/9        Potassium is in fertalizers 

In Bananas                             10/10        Potassium is in bananas 

Here is a chemical equation i'm in!!!!!     3 KBr + Fe(OH)3 = 3 KOH + FeBr3   This shows the Law of Conservation of Matter which says that matter cannot be created or destroyed only changed 

 


Photos:     

Create 2 photo albums:

  • atom and bonding diagrams - these will be done in class and will take time
  • fun images - pictures that contain the element

 every photo must have a caption 

- tag other elements in the pictures

 

 

 Atom and Bonding Diagrams

 

 

 

 


  

 

 

 

 

Bohr

P- 19

N= 20

E= 19

 

Electron Dot

One additional diagram

 

 

 

 Me and my friends - Around the World

 

 

 

 

 

 
 



 



 


 

  

Me and my friends bonding to make food   

Me!!!!!!!!!!! This is what i'm best known for 

 

Me in the periodic table!...My own element square!!!!!!!! :)

If anyone wants to find me and some of my friends that i've bonded with, i'm in all of these foods!

Water and I meeting :( We don't get along to well... 

 

 


Groups:

-Alkali Metal

- Metal

- Group 1

- Period 4

-Solid 

 

 

Resources:


"Chemistry Explained." Potassium, Chemical Element. Advameg.com, Fall 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/L-P/Potassium.html>.


Hendrickson, Kristin. "What Is the Natural State of the Element Potassium?" LIVESTRONG.COM. Live Strong, 1 Feb. 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.livestrong.com/article/370975-what-is-the-natural-state-of-the-element-potassium/>.


Gagnon, Steve. "The Element Potassium." It's Elemental. Education.org, 5 Aug. 2013. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. <http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele019.html>.


"Potassium - K." Potassium (K). Lenntech, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. <http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/k.htm>.

 

"Electrons and Valence." Wiki. Wiki, 8 Sept. 2008. Web. 17 Oct. 2013. <http://wiki.chemeddl.org/mediawiki/index.php/CoreChem:5.1_Electrons_and_Valence>.

 

 

"Potassium." Potassium. Geocities, 2009. Web. 17 Oct. 2013. <http://www.geocities.ws/computer17/Exer1.2/19k.html>.

 

Admin. "Benefits of Potassium." MedExpress. MedExpress, 22 Mar. 2011. Web. 17 Oct. 2013. <http://www.medexpressrx.com/blog/benefits-of-potassium.aspx>.

 

"Balance Chemical Equation - Online Balancer - Chemistry Online Education." Balance Chemical Equation. Chemical Portal, 2013. Web. 04 Nov. 2013. <http://www.webqc.org/balance.php>

 

Helemenstine, Anne Marie. "How Many Types of Chemical Reactions Are There?"About.com Chemistry. About.com, Summer 2013. Web. 04 Nov. 2013. <http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemicalreactions/f/How-Many-Types-Of-Chemical-Reactions-Are-There.htm>.

 


 


Friends:    

add your friends here - make sure you link it and insert their profile pictures    

   

Sodium                             Rubidium 

 

 
        Lithium   Hydrogen   Francium  Cesium  
         


 

 

Periodic Network

 

 

 

 

Comments (4)

Mrs. Tseng-Rioux said

at 10:55 am on Oct 17, 2013

i fixed

Mrs. Lloyd said

at 8:14 am on Oct 28, 2013

Hello K,
What happens if the nervous system does not have enough Potassium?

potassium said

at 2:31 pm on Oct 29, 2013

If you have a potassium deficiency you can be at risk for high blood pressure and bone loss and kidney stones. This can also cause continuous diarrhea and vomiting.

zinc said

at 5:23 pm on Nov 5, 2013

Today in science I heard that you and iodine can make a pumpkin throw up. I think thats, pretty cool;).

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