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StarInfo/Rawle/!Elements/Text/Potassium
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1996-Xmas.adf » Regulars |
| Filename: | StarInfo/Rawle/!Elements/Text/Potassium |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0150 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Potassium's is very abundant in the Earth's crust. Its main ore is rock salt. It is extracted from potassium chloride by electrolysis. When burned in air, it produces a lilac flame. Potassium reacts violently with water, producing potassium hydroxide, and hydrogen which bursts into flames because of the great amount of heat produced.
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