Edit page | Page history | Printable version

The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme international d'Unites.The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme international d'Unites.A light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite.An abbreviation for lysine and [[kilodalton.