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SharePotassium is a chemical element in the periodic table.
It has the symbol K and atomic number 19.
The name "potassium" comes from the word "potash", as potassium was first isolated from potash.
Potassium is a soft silvery-white metallic alkali metal that occurs naturally bound to other elements in seawater and many minerals.
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