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  2. Potassium - Wikipedia

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    This reaction is exothermic and releases sufficient heat to ignite the resulting hydrogen in the presence of oxygen. Finely powdered potassium ignites in air at room temperature. The bulk metal ignites in air if heated. Because its density is 0.89 g/cm 3, burning potassium floats in water that exposes it to atmospheric oxygen. Many common fire ...

  3. Room temperature - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, ambient temperature is the actual temperature, as measured by a thermometer, of the air (or other medium and surroundings) in any particular place. The ambient temperature (e.g. an unheated room in winter) may be very different from an ideal room temperature. Food and beverages may be served at "room temperature", meaning neither ...

  4. Melting points of the elements (data page) - Wikipedia

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    Fahrenheit Comments 1 H ... 19 K potassium; use: 336.7 K: 63.5 °C: ... All values at standard pressure (101.325 kPa) unless noted. Triple point temperature values ...

  5. Sodium–potassium alloy - Wikipedia

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    NaK containing 40% to 90% potassium by mass is liquid at room temperature.The eutectic mixture consists of 77% potassium and 23% sodium by mass (NaK-77), and it is a liquid from −12.6 to 785 °C (9.3 to 1,445.0 °F), and has a density of 0.866 g/cm 3 at 21 °C (70 °F) and 0.855 g/cm 3 at 100 °C (212 °F), making it less dense than water. [3]

  6. List of thermal conductivities - Wikipedia

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    The TPRC record is blurred up some on the Sinel'nikov vacuum which looks like it is probably 5 ⋅ 10 −5 mmHg. TPRC pages 177–180, Volume 2, curves 62 and 65, Reference numbers 326 and 327 respectively. [32] Quartz, slip-cast: First Run 0.34 0.39 0.45 0.51 0.62 Second Run 0.63 0.66 0.69 List [110] 500 700 900 1100 1300 900 1000 1100

  7. Molten salt - Wikipedia

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    Molten FLiBe (2LiF·BeF 2). Molten salt is salt which is solid at standard temperature and pressure but liquified due to elevated temperature. A salt that is liquid even at standard temperature and pressure is usually called a room-temperature ionic liquid, and molten salts are technically a class of ionic liquids.

  8. Potassium-40 - Wikipedia

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    Potassium-40 is especially important in potassium–argon (K–Ar) dating. Argon is a gas that does not ordinarily combine with other elements. So, when a mineral forms – whether from molten rock , or from substances dissolved in water – it will be initially argon-free, even if there is some argon in the liquid.

  9. Potassium nitrate - Wikipedia

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    Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula K N O 3. It is a potassium salt of nitric acid. This salt consists of potassium cations K + and nitrate anions NO − 3, and is therefore an alkali metal nitrate. It occurs in nature as a mineral, niter (or nitre outside the US). [5]