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Named for its chemical composition, being made up of potassium, sodium, silicon, boron, and fluorine (K, Na, Si, B, F).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Named for its chemical composition, being made up of potassium, sodium, silicon, boron, and fluorine (K, Na, Si, B, F).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.