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Cobalt, ₂₇Co

Cobalt
Pronunciation	/ˈkoʊbɒlt/ (listen)
Appearance	hard lustrous bluish gray metal
Standard atomic weight Ar, std(Co)	58.933194(3)
Cobalt in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson – ↑ Co ↓ Rh iron ← cobalt → nickel
Atomic number (Z)	27
Group	group 9
Period	period 4
Block	d-block
Element category	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)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 1790 1960 2165 2423 2755 3198
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
Spectral lines of cobalt
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	​hexagonal close-packed (hcp)
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)
Main isotopes of cobalt
Iso­tope Abun­dance Physics:Half-life (t1/2) Decay mode Pro­duct 56Co syn 77.27 d ε 56Fe 57Co syn 271.79 d ε 57Fe 58Co syn 70.86 d ε 58Fe 59Co 100% stable 60Co syn 5.2714 y β−, γ 60Ni

Co data m.p. cat
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	1495	—	—
K	1768	1768	0
F	2723	2723	0
max precision	0
WD
input	C: 1495, K: 1768, F: 2723
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Co data b.p. cat
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	2927	—	—
K	3200	3200	0
F	5301	5301	0
max precision	0
WD
input	C: 2927, K: 3200, F: 5301
comment

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