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i need major help
what anions are in potassium
and then i need to know some physical and chemical properties of potassium
and lastly 10 compunds containing potassium including chemical name and formula.
Please help!

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Preview: ... nd is a good conductor of heat and electricity. Potassium imparts a lavender colour to a flame, and its vapour is green. It is the seventh most abundant element in the Earth's crust, constituting 2.6 percent of its material. Most potassium is present in minerals such as muscovite and orthoclase feldspar that are insoluble in water, making potassium difficult to obtain, but it can be prepared commercially by electrolysis from some refinable minerals, such as carnallite and polyhalite.

There is little commercial demand for potassium metal itself, though it is used for preparing potassium superoxide, KO2, which refreshens exhaled air by liberating oxygen and removing carbon dioxide and water v ...

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