POTASSIUM OXIDE

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=30 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>CHEMISTRY SCHOOL</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CHEMISTRY SCHOOL"><U>HOME PAGE</U></A>   <A HREF="inorganic_chemistry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INORGANIC CHEMISTRY"><U> TO THE INDEX OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS</U></A>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#DDDDDD" FACE="Arial" >POTASSIUM OXIDE = </FONT>POTASION OCSIDE</div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=450 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="766" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 618 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="198798610.gif" border=0 width="408" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>POTASSIUM OXIDE</B></div> <div> <B>16*( 2.PTS + 1.OCS )</B></div> <div> <B>PTS: +1                            OCS: </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>- </B></FONT><B>2</B></div> <div> <B> Ø =2.99u                          Ø = 2.96u</B></div> <div>   DENSITY = 2.32 grams / cu'cm</div> <div>   WEIGHT = 16(156. 416 ) ugr  </div> <div>   WEIGHT =   2,502. 658 ugr                                              </div> <div>   DISSOLVES @  350°C </div> <div>                           HARDNESS  =  227 durons</div> <div>   Ø = The atoms diameter</div> <div>   1u = <B>.</B>000'000'1millimeter</div> <div>   1ugr = 10e-24 grams = 1.55amu</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>POTASSIUM OXIDE                  K</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B>2</B></FONT><B>O ?</B></div> <div> WHEN TWO ALKALI, METALINE, POTASSIUM ATOMS,</div> <div> EACH LEND AN ELECTRON, TO A OXYGEN ATOM,</div> <div> TO CREATE A MOLECULE OF POTASSIUM OXIDE,</div> <div> THEY BOTH,  DECREASE IN SIZE BY 66%,</div> <div> AND THE OXYGEN ATOM EXPANDS BY 224%</div> <div> THE POWERFUL ATTRACTION OF THE ELECTRO-POSITIVE</div> <div> MASS OF NEARBY POTASSIUM ATOMS, THEN CAUSE,</div> <div> THE "P" PERPENDICULAR, ELECTRON ORBITALS,</div> <div> OF THE TWO POTASSIUM IONS, </div> <div> TO BOND  WITH, SHARED-COVALENT BONDS</div> <div> TO THE POTASSIUM IONS, IN THE NEARBY MOLECULES, </div> <div> IN FROM 1 TO 3 DIRECTIONS,  </div> <div> WHICH, IN MINUTES CREATES, THIS WELL KNOWN,</div> <div> CUBIC, LARGE TAN, MACRO-MOLECULAR, CRYSTAL</div> <div> MANY TREES USE IT IN THEIR BRANCHES,</div> <div> OTHERS USE IT, IN THEIR HAIR ROOTS & FRUIT SKINS.</div> <div> MANY ANIMALS USE IT, IN THEIR HORNS</div> <div> STRING BEANS USE IT, IN THEIR SEEDS,</div> <div> POTATOES USE IT, IN THEIR SKINS.</div> <div> WHEN POTASSIUM OXIDE DISSOLVES IN COLD WATER</div> <div> IT MAKES THE SMALLER, FLATTER,</div> <div> TETRAGONAL CRYSTALS OF THE OXIDE,SHOWN ABOVE,</div> <div> ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LARGE ILLUSTRATION </div> <div> SHELLFISH USE THESE TETRAGONAL CRYSTALS</div> <div> IN THEIR SHELL, TO GIVE THEIR SHELLS BUOYANCY</div> <div> AND FOR THIS REASON, POTASSIUM OXIDE,</div> <div> IS USED IN, THE PRESERVATIVE BATHS OF BAIT SHRIMP, </div> <div> THAT ARE MAINTAINED IN MANY NATIONS.</div> <div> POTASSIUM OXIDE IS FOUND IN NORWAY & BRAZIL</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>