Periodic Table:

Element 19 - Kalium / Potassium

(Latin / English)

Mass Number

Atomic Mass

% Abundance

Nuclear Spin

39

38.9637

93.258

3/2+

40 *

39.9640

0.012

4-

41

40.9618

6.730

3/2+

42 *

41.9624

0

2-

43 *

42.9607

0

3/2+

(* = unstable isotope)

Electron Configuration:

[Ar] 4s1

Relative Atomic Mass:

39.098

State (25°C, 1 atm):

solid, metal

Density:

862 kg/m3

Melting Temperature:

336.8 K

Boiling Temperature:

1047 K

© W. Bauer, 1999