Arrangement of elements: potassium, nickel, iron and silver, in part (5,5)

'silver in part' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'arrangement of elements potassium nickel iron' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'arrangement' could be 'table' (table is a kind of arrangement) and 'table' is found in the answer.
'potassium' could be 'k' (K is the chemical symbol for potassium) and 'k' is located in the answer.
'nickel' could be 'ni' (Ni is the chemical symbol for nickel) and 'ni' is located in the answer.
'iron' could be 'fe' (Fe is the chemical symbol for iron) and 'fe' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?