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Cobalt Grace Yuan + Teresa Chan
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The Element Pronounced as: KO-bolt Origin: From the Latin word kobalt, meaning evil spirit, as the metal was so poisonous to miners. Chemical symbol: Co Element type: Transition metal Period number: 4 Group number: 9
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Discovery Who? 1.Dimitri Mendeleev + George Brandt When? 1.1737 How? 1.They attempted to prove that the element bismuth was not the one with the ability to color glass blue
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Atomic number: 27 Atomic mass: 58.933195 Isotopes: 56 Co, 56 Co, 58 Co, 59 Co, 60 Co Most stable isotope: 60 Co Neighboring elements: Iron, Nickel, Rhodium Family members: Rhodium, Iridium, and Meltnerium
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Element Structure Number of electrons: 2, 8, 15, 2 (27) Number of neutrons: 32
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How is Cobalt used? Cobalt is used as/in/for… 1.Coloring certain minerals to shades of blue (e.g. glass, porcelain, etc.) 2.Making alloy (a special type of magnet) 3.Cobalt alloys are used for jet engines and gas turbines 4.Steel-belted radial tires 5.Radiotherapy
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CHEMICAL PROPERTIES. Melting Point: 1495˚C / 2723˚F Boiling Point: 2927 ˚C / 5301 ˚F
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