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potassium - Principal compounds and reactions with other elements

Which products form when potassium reacts with water?

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A periodic table element box for potassium shows atomic number 19, symbol K, atomic weight 39.0983, electron configuration [Ar]4s1, and name potassium. Icons indicate it is an alkali metal, solid at room temperature, body-centered cubic crystal structure, and has strongly basic higher-valence oxides. A key explains the symbols for alkali metals, solid state, body-centered cubic structure, and strong basicity. — potassium Properties of potassium.

When potassium reacts with water, the reaction is violent and produces potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas.1

The reaction also generates approximately 47 kilocalories per mole of heat.1