Template:Infobox cobalt

Cobalt, ₂₇Co
	cobalt chips
Cobalt
Pronunciation	/ˈkoʊbɒlt/ (Audio file "En-us-cobalt.ogg" not found)
Appearance	hard lustrous bluish gray metal
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Co)
	58.933194(3)
Cobalt in the periodic table
	iron ← cobalt → nickel
Atomic number (Z)	27
Group	group 9
Period	period 4
Block	d-block
Electron configuration	[Ar] 3d7 4s2
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 15, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	1768 K (1495 °C, 2723 °F)
Boiling point	3200 K (2927 °C, 5301 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	8.90 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	8.86 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	16.06 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	377 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	24.81 J/(mol·K)
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	−3, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5 (an amphoteric oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.88
Ionization energies	1st: 760.4 kJ/mol ; 2nd: 1648 kJ/mol ; 3rd: 3232 kJ/mol ; (more) ;
Atomic radius	empirical: 125 pm
Covalent radius	Low spin: 126±3 pm; High spin: 150±7 pm
	Color lines in a spectral rangeSpectral lines of cobalt
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	hexagonal close-packed (hcp) Hexagonal close packed crystal structure for cobalt
Speed of sound thin rod	4720 m/s (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion	13.0 µm/(m⋅K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity	100 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity	62.4 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering	ferromagnetic
Young's modulus	209 GPa
Shear modulus	75 GPa
Bulk modulus	180 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.31
Mohs hardness	5.0
Vickers hardness	1043 MPa
Brinell hardness	470–3000 MPa
CAS Number	7440-48-4
History
Discovery and first isolation	Georg Brandt (1735)
Isotopes of cobalt v; e;
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References

↑ "cobalt". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989.
↑ "Standard Atomic Weights: Cobalt". CIAAW. 2017.
↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1117–1119. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
↑ Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

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[1] "cobalt". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989.

[2] "Standard Atomic Weights: Cobalt". CIAAW. 2017.

[greenwood-3] Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1117–1119. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

[NUBASE2020-4] Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

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