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.
3. Hyperpolarization, or afterpotential occurs because... potassium ions continue to diffuse out of the cell after the inactivation gates of the voltage-gated sodium ion channels begin to close. the extra efflux of potassium ions causes the membrane potential to become slightly more positive than the resting value.