different between polyhalite vs potassium

English

Noun

polyhalite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Polyhalite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “polyhalite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• polyhalite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “polyhalite”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• lyophilate, polythelia

English

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?t?s???m, IPA^(key): /p??tæsi?m/

Noun

potassium (usually uncountable, plural potassiums)

2. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Related terms

• K?
• potash
• potass
• potassa

Translations

References

• Potassa and Potassium in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
• Potassium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

See also

• carnallite
• langbeinite
• polyhalite
• potash
• saltpeter, saltpetre
• sylvite

Anagrams

• assumptio

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.ta.sj?m/

Noun

potassium m (uncountable)

1. potassium

Descendants

• Lingala: potasu

Further reading

• “potassium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

potassium (uncountable)

1. potassium