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| Atomic symbol: Co |
| Atomic number: 27 |
| Atomic weight: 58.9332 |
| Atomic volume: 6.7 cm3/mol |
| Density: 8.90 g/cm3 |
| Period Number: 4 |
| Group number: 9 |
| Group name: Trans. Met. |
| Element classification: Metal |
| Phase at room temperature: Solid |
| Melting Point: 1768.2 K |
| Boiling point: 3373 K |
| Heat of fusion: 16.190 kJ/mol |
| Heat of vaporization: 376.50 kJ/mol |
| Ionization Energy: 7.881 eV |
| 1st ionization energy: 758.4 kJ/mole |
| 2nd ionization energy: 1646 kJ/mole |
| 3rd ionization energy: 3232.2 kJ/mole |
| Electronegativity: 1.88 |
| Electron affinity: 63.8 kJ/mole |
| Specific heat: 0.42 J/gK |
| Heat atomization: 425 kJ/mole atoms |
| Shells: 2,8,15,2 |
| Electron Shell Configuration: [Ar] 3d7 4s2 |
| Minimum oxidation number: -1 |
| Maximum oxidation number: 5 |
| Minimum common oxidation number: 0 |
| Maximum common oxidation no: 3 |
Appearance & Characteristics |
| Structure:: hcp: hexagonal close pkd |
| Color: bluish-white |
| Hardness: mohs |
| Toxicity: ? |
| Characteristics: hard |
| Uses: magnets, Co glass (blue) |
| Reaction with air: mild, w/ht =>Co3O4 |
| Reaction with 6M HCl: mild, =>H2, CoCl2 |
| Reaction with 15M HNO3: vigorous, =>Co(NO3)2, NOx |
| Reaction with 6M NaOH: ? |
| Number of isotopes: 1 |
| Oxide(s): CoO Co3O4 |
| Hydride(s): none |
| Chloride(s): CoCl2 |
| Atomic Radius: 125 pm |
| Ionic radius (1- ion): pm |
| Ionic radius (1+ ion): pm |
| Ionic radius (2- ion): pm |
| Ionic radius (2+ ion): 83.8 pm |
| Ionic radius (3+ ion): 71.8 pm |
| Thermal conductivity: 100 J/m-sec-deg |
| Electrical conductivity: 160.256 1/mohm-cm |
| Polarizability: 7.5 A^3 |
| Source: Co sulfides & arsenides |
| Relative abundance solar system: 3.352 log |
| Abundance earth's crust: 1.4 log |
| Estimated crustal abundance: 2.5×101 milligrams per kilogram |
| Estimated oceanic abundance: 2×10-5 milligrams per liter |
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| (Ger. Kobald: goblin or evil spirit; Gr. cobalos: mine) Brandt discovered cobalt in about 1735. |
Cobalt occurs in the minerals cobaltite, smaltite, and erythrite, and is often associated with nickel , silver , lead , copper , and iron ores, from which it is most frequently obtained as a by-product. It is also present in meteorites.
Important ore deposits are found in Zaire, Morocco, and Canada. The U.S. Geological Survey has announced that the bottom of the north central Pacific Ocean may have cobalt-rich deposits at relatively shallow depths in water close to the the Hawaiian Islands and other U.S. Pacific territories.
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| Cobalt is a brittle, hard metal, resembling iron and nickel in appearance. It has a metallic permeability of about two thirds that of iron. Cobalt tends to exist as a mixture of two allotropes over a wide temperature range. The transformation is sluggish and accounts in part for the wide variation in reported data on physical properties of cobalt. |
It is alloyed with iron, nickel and other metals to make Alnico, an alloy of unusual magnetic strength with many important uses. Stellite alloys, containing cobalt, chromium , and tungsten , are used for high-speed, heavy-duty, high temperature cutting tools, and for dies.
Cobalt is also used in other magnetic steels and stainless steels, and in alloys used in jet turbines and gas turbine generators. The metal is used in electroplating because of its appearance, hardness, and resistance to oxidation.
Cobalt salts have been used for centuries to produce brilliant and permanent blue colors in porcelain, glass, pottery, tiles, and enamels. It is the principal ingredient in Sevre's and Thenard's blue. A solution of the chloride is used as a sympathetic ink. Cobalt carefully used in the form of the chloride, sulfate, acetate, or nitrate has been found effective in correcting a certain mineral deficiency disease in animals.
Soils should contain 0.13 to 0.30 ppm of cobalt for proper animal nutrition.
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| Cobalt-60, an artificial isotope, is an important gamma ray source, and is extensively used as a tracer and a radiotherapeutic agent. |
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