Potassium Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
HWKN | A | Hawkins, Inc. | 2.08 | |
ASRT | C | Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 18.26 | |
PHAT | C | Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 0.00 | |
IPI | D | Intrepid Potash, Inc | 2.60 | |
CHD | D | Church & Dwight Company, Inc. | 0.09 | |
OXY | D | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | -0.06 | |
SQM | D | Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. | 4.19 | |
OLN | F | Olin Corporation | 0.22 | |
ALB | F | Albemarle Corporation | 3.12 | |
CMP | F | Compass Minerals Intl Inc | 5.24 |
Related Industries: Agricultural Inputs Biotechnology Chemicals Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic Household & Personal Products Industrial Metals & Minerals Oil & Gas E&P Specialty Chemicals
Symbol | Grade | Name | Weight | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LITP | F | Sprott Lithium Miners ETF | 21.39 | |
ILIT | F | iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF | 16.2 | |
LIT | F | Global X Lithium ETF | 14.05 | |
REMX | F | VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF | 12.23 | |
NRGU | C | MicroSectors U.S. Big Oil Index 3X Leveraged ETN | 10.0 |
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- Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element with symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number 19. It was first isolated from potash, the ashes of plants, from which its name derives. In the periodic table, potassium is one of the alkali metals. All of the alkali metals have a single valence electron in the outer electron shell, which is easily removed to create an ion with a positive charge – a cation, which combines with anions to form salts. Potassium in nature occurs only in ionic salts. Elemental potassium is a soft silvery-white alkali metal that oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts vigorously with water, generating sufficient heat to ignite hydrogen emitted in the reaction, and burning with a lilac-colored flame. It is found dissolved in sea water (which is 0.04% potassium by weight), and is part of many minerals.
Potassium is chemically very similar to sodium, the previous element in group 1 of the periodic table. They have a similar first ionization energy, which allows for each atom to give up its sole outer electron. That they are different elements that combine with the same anions to make similar salts was suspected in 1702, and was proven in 1807 using electrolysis. Naturally occurring potassium is composed of three isotopes, of which 40K is radioactive. Traces of 40K are found in all potassium, and it is the most common radioisotope in the human body.
Potassium ions are vital for the functioning of all living cells. The transfer of potassium ions through nerve cell membranes is necessary for normal nerve transmission; potassium deficiency and excess can each result in numerous signs and symptoms, including an abnormal heart rhythm and various electrocardiographic abnormalities. Fresh fruits and vegetables are good dietary sources of potassium. The body responds to the influx of dietary potassium, which raises serum potassium levels, with a shift of potassium from outside to inside cells and an increase in potassium excretion by the kidneys.
Most industrial applications of potassium exploit the high solubility in water of potassium compounds, such as potassium soaps. Heavy crop production rapidly depletes the soil of potassium, and this can be remedied with agricultural fertilizers containing potassium, accounting for 95% of global potassium chemical production.
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