Monday, May 25, 2009

What is the K in Special K?


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Why: Special K Chocolatey Delight is delicious. K = potassium?

Answer: Can't find it anywhere! But it's probably K for Kellogg. A serving of the cereal only has 2% of your daily potassium.

Source: Kelloggs.com

The More You Know: The chemical symbol for potassium K because the Latin name is kalium. Others:
  • Copper (Cu) = cuprum
  • Gold (Au) = aurum
  • Iron (Fe) = ferrum
  • Lead (Pb) = plumbum
  • Mercury (Hg) = hydrargyrum
  • Silver (Ag) = argentum
  • Sodium (Na) = natrium
  • Tin (Sn) = stannum
  • Tungsten (W) = wolfrum

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