{"id":2980,"date":"2022-04-29T20:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T20:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2022-04-29T20:19:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T20:19:42","slug":"cobalt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/29\/cobalt\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobalt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cobalt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.byjus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/chemistry\/2017\/05\/22075145\/Cobalt_Tile-300x300.png\" alt=\"Cobalt\" title=\"Cobalt\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Symbol<\/td><td>Co<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Number<\/td><td>27<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Mass<\/td><td>58.933<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Discovered by<\/td><td>Cobalt was discovered by Georg Brandt<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chemical Properties Of Cobalt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Group<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>Melting point<\/td><td>1495\u00b0C, 2723\u00b0F, 1768 K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Period<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>Boiling point<\/td><td>2927\u00b0C, 5301\u00b0F, 3200 K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Block<\/td><td>d<\/td><td>Density (g cm\u22123)<\/td><td>8.86<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic number<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>Relative atomic mass<\/td><td>58.933<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>State at 20\u00b0C<\/td><td>Solid<\/td><td>Key isotopes<\/td><td><sup>59<\/sup>Co<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Electron configuration<\/td><td>[Ar] 3d<sup>7<\/sup>4s<sup>2<\/sup><\/td><td>CAS number<\/td><td>7440-48-4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ChemSpider ID<\/td><td>94547<\/td><td>ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Cobalt?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The element Cobalt belongs to the group VIII of the periodic table. It is similar to iron and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/chemistry\/nickel\/\">nickel<\/a>&nbsp;in its physical properties. Cobalt is found in plants and animals, air, water, soil, rocks. It may also enter into another environment through wind-blown dust or by rainwater washing down cobalt containing soil and rock.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uses Of Cobalt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Cobalt is used in many alloys &amp; super alloys to make parts in aircraft engines, gas turbine, high-speed steels, corrosion resistant alloys, cemented carbides.<\/li><li>It is used in magnets and magnetic recording media.<\/li><li>It is also used as catalysts for the petroleum and chemical industries.<\/li><li>Used as drying agents for paints and inks.<\/li><li>It is blue is majorly used by artists and is used by craft workers in porcelain, stained-glass pottery, enamel jeweller, and tiles.<\/li><li>The radioactive isotopes, cobalt-60, is used in medical treatment and also to irradiate food. It is used in order to preserve the food and protect the consumer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Properties Of Cobalt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It is a hard ferromagnetic, silver-white, lustrous, brittle element.<\/li><li>It is stable in air and does not react with water.<\/li><li>Like other metals, it can also be magnetized.<\/li><li>With dilute acids, it reacts slowly.<\/li><li>The metal melts at 1495 \u00b0C and boils at 2927 \u00b0C<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cobalt Symbol Co Atomic Number 27 Atomic Mass 58.933 Discovered by Cobalt was discovered by Georg Brandt Chemical Properties Of Cobalt Group 9 Melting point 1495\u00b0C, 2723\u00b0F, 1768 K Period 4 Boiling point 2927\u00b0C, 5301\u00b0F, 3200 K Block d Density (g cm\u22123) 8.86 Atomic number 27 Relative atomic mass 58.933 State at 20\u00b0C Solid Key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}