Kotassium
Can we just call the damn electrolyte Kotassium from now on? It’s potassium, it’s “K,” it’s the perfect combination, no?
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Can we just call the damn electrolyte Kotassium from now on? It’s potassium, it’s “K,” it’s the perfect combination, no?
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We can do one better. Let’s just call it “kay.” The transcriptionists at one of the hospitals I work at consistently render KCl as “kayciel” already, so we might as well go with it.
I suppose we can then change the other 9 elements that do not match/correlate with their english counterparts too.
Sodium now = Nodium
Tungsten now= Wungsten
Mercury = Hergury
Lead now= Plead
OK. I am a nerd and will not continue.
Why not change the K to P? Phosphorus can go screw itself and find its own symbol.
On the other hand, it might get confusing going around calling it urine P.
How about kalium??
Why is it called Potassium anyway, if it’s functioning as an electrolyte. I’m not a med student, and my knowledge about biology is slim, but I do know that pure potassium would be very… detrimental if ingested. It’s obviously got some stuff connected to it.
Just calling it potassium is a bit misleading isn’t it? :P
Why weren’t you guys around when I was a horticulture major and was consistently mixing up Potassium and Phosphorus in fertilizer configurations: NPK. Kotassium is perfect. I would have gotten a better grade in Ag Chemistry!
I am stealing this glorious pun for my own personal use!
Gay CME,
They have a whole class dedicated to silver chemistry? Weird.
Nosugrefneb:
Not Ag as in Argentum, but Ag as in Agricutlure. It was a chemistry class with an emphasis on plant life and plant chemsitry.
You’re obviously a city boy. ;)
But you’re a UIUC alum, certainly you remember the South Farms, and the Morrow Plots: “Cain’t throw a shadow on the corn…”?
Oh yes, I remember it all – even the inescapably sweet, sweet smell of manure in the morning. I certainly am no stranger to ag schools, after all, but the silver thing was a joke.
The best license plate I’ve ever seen belonged to the father of one of my childhood friends: HI HO AG
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