Cool idea! I randomly clicked on chromium (http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/024.htm http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/024.htm) - gotta love the guy who h

Cool idea! I randomly clicked on chromium (http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/024.htm http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/024.htm) - gotta love the guy who has "very warm feelings about it"! EDIT: Now I watched the potassium video (http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/019.htm http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/019.htm). If I understand him correctly, the same guy seems to think that potash is called so because it contains potassium. Potassium is called kalium in Latin (from Arabic al-qalyah, "plant ashes" according to Wikipedia). I'm certain it's the same in English (potash -> potassium) and not the other way around.