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- COBALT
- Atomic symbol - Co
- Atomic weight - 58.93320
- Atomic number - 27
- Electron configuration - 2-8-15-2
- Oxidation states - +2, +3
- State of matter - solid
- Heavy metal-ductile
- Discovered in 1735 by Georg Brandt
- Boils at 2908 ¯C, melts at 1495 ¯C
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- Notes:
- Cobalt is a silvery metal with a bluish tint. Alloyed with steel, it is used
- as permanent magnets. Cobalt occurs mainly as smalite. Cobalt compounds can
- be used as a catalist to speed up reactions.
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