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Potassium

Density 0.86 g/cm3
Thermal Conductivity @ 200oC 0.107 cal/(s/cm/oC)
Specific Heat @ 25 oC 0.177 cal/g
Heat of Fusion 14.6 cal/g
Heat of Vaporization 496 cal/g
Atomic Volume 45.3 W/D
First Ionizaton Energy 100 kcal/g-atom
Electronegativity 0.8 Paulings
Covalent Radius 2.03 Angstroms
Mohs Hardness @ 20 oC 0.5
Lineaar CTE @ 20 oC x 10-6
Electrical Resistivity 21.85 mohms/cm
Crystal Structure Cubic, body centered
Thermal Neutron Cross-section barnes/atom
Magnetic Succeptibility x 10-6 cgs
Tensile Strength psi