Equipment, chemicals
What equipment is used to test the amount of potassium in bananas?
or scientific methods to find potassium in bananas?
how do you extract the potassium from the banana? what methods,steps, equipment are used to do this?
can anyone answer this?

My mom has been undergoing chemo since 08/2007. She is currently on a potassium supplement but yesterday when they did her bloodwork her potassium level had dropped and she had to have some administered via IV. Last week they did her bloodwork and it was fine. Any thoughts on why it would drop so suddenly?

Dehydration

It gives the pKa of tert-butyl alcohol (18) and the pKa of water (15.7).

I think the answer is no because you would end up with tert-butyl alcohol due to the fact that the conjugate base of potassium tert-butoxide is stronger than the water, but I am unsure. Please help!

I accidently took 3 magnesium supplements in an hour and a half.

I have constant muscle spasms in twitches and I was advised to take potassium and drink more water by both a doctor and a massuse. I’ve noticed that most any of them ever say is 3%. Is too much potassium a bad thing?

Basically I’m saying is eating a banana as if you were eating a steak? are the calories alike, okayy.. Like is it the same as if you were eating a steak. thats just repeating myself but i guess i dont know how to make that any more simple. [[same calories, both equally fattening, say one steak is 450 calories, is a banana 450 calories or close to it? you get me now?

whatsoever.

is a small to moderate amount of cola (pepsi, coke) allowed on a low potassium diet? I know orange soda is not allowed but since tea and coffee can be consumed in small amounts can cola drinks be allowed too? or not at all? Thanks in advance