What is Potassium?

 

• The atomic mass of potassium is 39.098 atomic mass units. It is denoted by the symbol ‘K’.
• The term potassium arises from a material called Potash.
• The element has been in use for hundreds of years.
• It is an alkali metal along with lithium, rubidium, sodium, caesium, and francium
• It is a very active metal and never occurs free in nature and it always forms a compound with other elements.