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Compare two chemical elements side by side across 19 atomic and physical properties.

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Property K Potassium H Hydrogen
Atomic Number 19 higher 1 higher
Symbol K different H different
Name Potassium different Hydrogen different
Atomic Mass 39.0983 higher 1.008 higher
Category Alkali Metals different Reactive Nonmetals different
Period 4 higher 1 higher
Group 1 same value 1 same value
Block s-Block same value s-Block same value
Standard State Solid different Gas different
Electronegativity 0.82 lower 2.2 lower
Atomic Radius 275 higher 120 higher
Ionization Energy 4.341 lower 13.598 lower
Electron Affinity 0.501 lower 0.754 lower
Oxidation States +1 different +1, -1 different
Melting Point 336.53 K (63.38 °C) higher 13.81 K (-259.34 °C) higher
Boiling Point 1032 K (758.85 °C) higher 20.28 K (-252.87 °C) higher
Density 0.89 higher 0.0001 higher
Electron Configuration [Ar]4s1 different 1s1 different
Year Discovered 1807 different 1766 different

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