dolor (plural dolors) ( 1 literary) Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish. 2  A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.
Potassium, K. Reaction with water. When a small piece of potassium is added to water, it produces a hissing sound as it burns with a lilac flame. It also moves about quickly on the water surface. [ image ]. Hydrogen gas is given out in the reaction. The resulting alkaline solution will turn red litmus blue because of the potassium hydroxide formed.
Potassium is associated with movement of water, nutrients, and carbohydrates in plant tissue. 1  Potassium is involved with enzyme activation within the plant which affects protein, starch and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production. The production of (ATP) can regulate the rate of photosynthesis.