Introduction

The Internet Resources

• Chemistry: WebElements Periodic Table: Professional Edition: Potassium: key information - This Website includes the basic information of Potassium. it tells the brief essential componnants of the element. it also shares a brief description of the metal. this website gets five bananas!!

• Periodic Table: Potassium - This website provides the basic information about Potassium. This includes its color, density, atomic information, and melting and boiling points. It also gives a picture of the atomic structure of potassium. very brief information on the discovery of potassium is provided as well. this gets 3 bananas.

• Potassium - This site gives basic, yet important facts on Potassium. information on its history, properties, and and isotopes are revealed. In addition, you can find facts on its sources, production, uses, handeling as well as cost of this element. this gets 2 bananas.

• Potassium - This wedsite supplies information useful for a person's diet. It talks about deficiency signs and symptoms as well as the positives effects of potassium in your diet. it also shares informatoin about the saftey issues concerning the right intake amount of potassium. This gets 3 bananas.

• Potassium- Ask the Dietarian - This website is a question and answer. It gives common questions asked and their answers! It includes suggestions on when to eat potassium, how much to eat, how much is too much, and wut foods provide potassium for your daily diet. This website gets 1 banana.

• Potassium - This website provides facts for the 'good' diet of Americans. It contains information that helps a person select foods that provide adequate daily amounts of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber. It also supplies explainations to aid in better understanding of each dietary suggestion. This gets 4 bananas.

• Potassium and Renal Diet - this site tells the brief description of Potassium. it also explains why potassium is necessary and what amount is sufficient. it also provides lists of foods high in potassium as well as low in potassium. This gets 3 bananas.

• Visual Elements- Potassium - This website offers a slightdescription of the element. It also provicts a few facts on its discovery and its origin. A picture is supplied as well. This gets 2 bananas.

• Potassium - This site provides historicxal imformation on the element, potassium. This includes its discovery and where it is found. It also has facts on its appearance and characteristists as well as other basic; yet interesting facts. This gets four bananas.

• Potassium Bromide Handout - This website provides information on potassium bromide. it tells the hazards of this product. This includes; the fact that it is an very old anticonvulsant, which was used in the 1800's as both an anticonvulsant and sedative. It is found that it competes for and replaces chloride in the cell (and the neuron), thus increasing the electro negativity of the cell and hyperpolarizing it. This gets 4 bananas.

• Potassium test - Its shares information on the potassium test, which tests the amount of potassium in your blood. It provides imfromation on how the test is performed, why its performed. in addition, information on preparing fo rthe test as well as risks of being tested. This gets 5 bananas.

• Potassium Deficiency - This wedsite provides a picture of a plant with a potassium deficiency.

• Potassium. Body-centred packing - This is a picture of the body packing of potassium. this gets 4 bananas. This gets 2 bananas.

• Potassium in foods - This website supplies a chart of the amount of potassium in different types of foods. These include berries, fruits, and vegetables. This gets 3 bananas.