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Information Sources

Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Potassium. Additional text was taken directly from USGS Periodic Table - Potassium. Other information was obtained from the sources listed on the main page but was reformatted and converted into SI units.

Production of Metal

The article states that "thermal methods" are used to prepare potassium. Is this referring to the reduction of molten potassium chloride with sodium vapor? If so, it should be more specific.

Correction of numerical values and addition of a reference

It would be useful to correct some of the numerical values to the most recent published paper on potassium. This paper proposes moreover a large number of the most accurate equations of state currently available and should be quoted: ^[1]

References

^ Aitken, F.; Volino, F. (January 2022). "New equations of state describing both the dynamic viscosity and self-diffusion coefficient for potassium and thallium in their fluid phases". Physics of Fluids. 34 (1): 017112. doi:10.1063/5.0079944.

Nutritional value of milk and chocolate

The article currently says that milk and chocolate contains potassium. Milk contains calcium, which iin some languages is mistakenly confused with kalium (potassium). Chocolate is a product that might contain cocoa or might not. I think it is misleading to mention chocolate as having nutritious value due to potassium. 37.250.202.198 (talk) 09:38, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction in Etymology

The etymology section currently states:

The English and French-speaking countries adopted Davy and Gay-Lussac/Thénard's name Potassium, whereas the Germanic countries adopted Gilbert/Klaproth's name Kalium.[16]

English is, of course, a Germanic language. I can't edit the article to note the contradiction, because it is "protected to prevent [misspelled slur]." 173.73.0.102 (talk) 04:03, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Put the old word ferrum back

Revert the latest message please. It deletes the good version. 2001:EE0:4BC2:E410:8C60:E4FE:CDA3:8239 (talk) 14:56, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understant, ferrum is iron. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 02:22, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kalium sorry. 2001:EE0:4BC6:B170:8C60:E4FE:CDA3:8239 (talk) 12:22, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2023

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Change (kalium) to (kalium) to balance like other elements. 2001:EE0:4BC9:11A0:C19F:C86:76EB:92C7 (talk) 04:27, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Polyamorph (talk) 06:52, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article should be not protected.

I conclude this as mentioned in title. 2001:EE0:4BC3:440:210F:B0D8:CCFD:2918 (talk) 14:09, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Experience tells that unprotected an article on a school topic is very risky, especially in the middle of the school year. Materialscientist (talk) 12:12, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you cannot satisfy my fulfillment, would any of you mind changing or modifying the source code for a little words from from Latin kalium to from Latin kalium to ensure its consistency, especially in an encyclopedia? 2405:4802:64A8:D090:71E5:E055:6008:4DEC (talk) 05:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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In the commercial uses part, under the niche uses section, can you please add a () mentioning the states of each compound ? example: 4 KO2 (s) + 2 CO2 (g) → 2 K2CO3 (s) + 3 O2 (g) feel free to not, if it's too confusing or unnecessary Artin 72 (talk) 22:37, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Geardona (talk to me?) 00:16, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the source code from [[wikt#kalium|kalium]] to etymology|la|kalium to ensure consistency, like the source code of Sodium, where the code represents as etymology|la|natrium. Hope you fulfill my request. 2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA (talk) 09:40, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. Change the source code for Sodium too, where is written in a common way to etymology|la|natrium to maintain its seamless synchronization. 2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA (talk) 09:44, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Aitken, F.; Volino, F. (January 2022). "New equations of state describing both the dynamic viscosity and self-diffusion coefficient for potassium and thallium in their fluid phases". Physics of Fluids. 34 (1): 017112. doi:10.1063/5.0079944.

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 Change the source code from ''{{code|[[wikt#kalium|kalium]]}}'' to ''{{code|<nowiki>etymology|la|kalium</nowiki>}}'' to ensure consistency, like the source code of [[Sodium]], where the code represents as ''{{code|<nowiki>etymology|la|natrium</nowiki>}}''. Hope you fulfill my request. [[Special:Contributions/2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA|2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA]] ([[User talk:2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA|talk]]) 09:40, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
+:Oops. Change the source code for [[Sodium]] too, where is written in a common way to {{code|<nowiki>etymology|la|natrium</nowiki>}} to maintain its seamless synchronization. [[Special:Contributions/2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA|2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA]] ([[User talk:2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA|talk]]) 09:44, 4 February 2024 (UTC)