mom; it was my window into her true depth of compassion for others, even during her personal cancer struggle. the receiving line represented grieving people from all walks of her life: the russian manicurist who looked forward to seeing my mom every week for the last eight years (even during her marathon...
one of the most reactive and electropositive of all metals and rapidly oxidizes. as with other metals of the alkali group, the metal decomposes in water with the evolution of hydrogen. since potassium reacts violently with water, it only occurs in nature in ionic salts. potassium was first discoveredby...