Asset Retirement Obligation, Accretion Expense. Amount of accretion expense recognized in the income statement during the period that is associated with asset retirement obligations. Accretion expense measures and incorporates changes due to the passage of time into the carrying amount of the liability.
Photo Credit Eising/Photodisc/Getty Images. Potassium is a metallic element, but it's most commonly found as part of a salt compound, rather than as a metal. Potassium, like many other metals, is a mineral that your cells need to function properly. The potassium in your body is completely in salt form, rather than in metallic form.
Report Abuse. ionic as Potassium (K) has a +1 charge and sulphur (S) has a -2 charge so potassium gives electrons to the sulphur ions to make the substance neutral.eport Abuse. ionic as Potassium (K) has a +1 charge and sulphur (S) has a -2 charge so potassium gives electrons to the sulphur ions to make the substance neutral.