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.
Note: Students may say that water molecules get closer together to form ice. Water is unusual because its molecules move further apart when it freezes. The molecules of just about every other substance move closer together when they freeze.