“Potassium Cyanide si hatari inapokuwa nje. Ni hatari inapojichanganya na asidi za tumboni ambapo hubadilika na kuwa gesi ya 'hydrogen cyanide'. Gesi ya 'hydrogen cyanide' ni miongoni mwa sumu hatari zaidi ulimwenguni. Mtu akimeza kidonge cha 'cyanide' atapata madhara makubwa. Kichwa chake kitamuuma hapohapo na atachanganyikiwa akili. Ngozi yake itakuwa nyekundu, kwa sababu damu yake itakuwa nyekundu zaidi – kutokana na kuzidi kwa oksijeni katika damu. Mwili hautakuwa na uwezo tena wa kuchukua oksijeni kutoka katika damu ili uitumie, kwa hiyo damu itazidi kuwa na oksijeni zaidi. Atapumua kwa shida. Mapafu yake yatafanya kazi vizuri lakini mwili wake hautakuwa na uwezo wa kutumia oksijeni yoyote – hivyo atadhani ana matatizo katika mfumo wake wa kupumua. Atazimia. Yaani, oksijeni haitafika kwenye ubongo. Atapata kifafa na atatapika nyongo. Ubongo wake utashindwa kufanya kazi na atakuwa mahututi ndani ya sekunde kumi! Baada ya hapo moyo wake utasimama kufanya kazi, na atafariki dunia.” WorldMindHeartBodyUniverseBrainBloodDangerSeriousRedBreathingDamagePoisonGasStomachSecondsOxygenLungsAcidHeadacheSkinHeadHydrogenDuniaEpilepsyMoyoAkiliUlimwenguCyanideMwiliPotassiumDamuUbongoMadharaPillSekundeHatariMapafuOksijeniSumuGesiTumboKichwaAsidiHydrogen CyanideKichwa KuumaKidongeKifafaKupumuaMahututiNgoziNyekunduPotassium Cyanide Author:Enock Maregesi
“Connection between life and radioactive nuclei is straightforward. No life without tectonic activity, without volcanic activity. And we know very well that geothermal energy is mostly produced by decay of uranium, thorium, and potassium.” KnowsWellsEnergyActivityConnectionsDecayStraightforwardNucleusUraniumGeothermalPotassiumGeothermal Energy Author:Garik Israelian
“A comprehensive education is a well-stocked pharmacy: but we have no assurance that potassium cyanide will not be administered fora head cold.” WellsEducationColdAssuranceComprehensivePharmacyCyanidePotassium Book:Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
“Evidence my 14yr old daughter is geek-literate: In lieu of OK, one might type K while texting. She instead typed "Potassium".” MightTypeDaughterEvidenceGeekTextingPotassium Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“It's important to understand that calcium isn't just about what you eat; it's also about what you keep. Acidic animal products mine minerals like potassium, magnesium and calcium from our bodies. In fact, the countries that consume the most dairy have the highest rates of hip fracture and osteoporosis.” ImportantCountryFactsBodyAnimalMinesProductsHighestRateHipsMineralsDairyFractureCalciumOsteoporosisMagnesiumPotassium Author:Sharon Gannon
“What is it that you contain? The dead. Time. Light patterns of millennia opening in your gut. Every minute, in each of you, a few million potassium atoms succumb to radioactive decay. The energy that powers these tiny atomic events has been locked inside potassium atoms ever since a star-sized bomb exploded nothing into being. Potassium, like uranium and radium, is a long-lived radioactive nuclear waste of the supernova bang that accounts for you. Your first parent was a star.” FirstsLongHas BeensLightEnergyStarsParentMillionsMinutesEventsWasteAccountsPatternsNuclearTinyOpeningBombsGutsAtomsLockedDecayBangsUraniumSupernovaNuclear WastePotassium Book:Weight Source: Weight
“Potassium cyanide," says the talent wrangler as she leans over to pick up a paper napkin off the floor. "Found naturally in the cassava or manioc roots native to Africa, used to tint architectural blueprints in the form of the deep-blue pigment known as Prussian blue. Hence the shade 'cyan' blue.” FormUsedFoundKnownTalentPaperPicksRootsBlueNativeShadeBlueprintsNapkinsPigmentCyanidePotassiumWranglers Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Me and Frosted went to get a drink. But she ordered somethin' bugged, and I ain't know what to think. She ordered potassium, calcium, Carbohydrate, scotch with sodium. She took me to her crib, threw me on the couch... I woke up the next morning with a spoon in my mouth.” ThinkingKnowsNextMorningDrinkMouthsHip HopRapCouchesSpoonsScotchCarbohydratesCalciumSodiumPotassium Author:LL Cool J
“I am delighted that I have found a new reaction to demonstrate even to the blind the structure of the interstitial stroma of the cerebral cortex. I let the silver nitrate react with pieces of brain hardened in potassium dichromate. I have already obtained magnificent results and hope to do even better in the future.” FoundResultsBrainPiecesBlindStructureReactionsSilverMagnificentDelightedHardenedCerebralPotassium Author:Camillo Golgi
“Taking advantage of the method, found by me, of the black staining of the elements of the brain, staining obtained by the prolonged immersion of the pieces, previously hardened with potassium or ammonium bichromate, in a 0.50 or 1.0% solution of silver nitrate, I happened to discover some facts concerning the structure of the cerebral gray matter that I believe merit immediate communication.” BelieveMatterFactsFoundI BelieveBlackBrainPiecesHappenedCommunicationElementsSolutionsAdvantageMethodStructureMeritSilverGrayBelieve In MeHardenedCerebralTaking AdvantageImmersionGray MatterPotassium Author:Camillo Golgi
“We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom.” ShouldLightTypeNotesIntenseLatterTransitionAtomsPhysicistRubiesLasersWavelengthPotassium Book:Oeuvre scientifique: 1956-1983 Source: Oeuvre scientifique: 1956-1983
“As mineralogy constitutes a part of chemistry, it is clear that this arrangement [of minerals] must derive its principles from chemistry. The most perfect mode of arrangement would certainly be to allow bodies to follow each other according to the order of their electro-chemical properties, from the most electro-negative, oxygen, to the most electro-positive, potassium; and to place every compound body according to its most electro-positive ingredient.” BodyScienceOrderPerfectPrinciplesClearNegativePropertyIngredientsChemistryChemicalsArrangementsOxygenCompoundsMineralsClassificationPotassium Author:Jons Jacob Berzelius
“You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket.” WantAsksBiggerQuantityRocketsPharmacistPotassium Author:Kary Mullis