Cobalt

This article is on the chemical element. For the car, see Chevrolet Cobalt. For the Canadian town, see Cobalt, Ontario.

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Cobalt is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Cobalt is a hard ferromagnetic silver-white element. The Curie temperature is of 1388 K with 1.6~1.7 Bohr magnetons per atom. It is frequently associated with nickel, and both are characteristic ingredients of meteoric iron. Mammals require small amounts of cobalt salts. Cobalt-60, an artificially produced radioactive isotope of cobalt, is an important radioactive tracer and cancer-treatment agent. Cobalt has a relative permeability two thirds that of iron.

Chevrolet Cobalt: The Chevrolet Cobalt is a compact car that was introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year. It is available as both a coupe and sedan, and is based upon the GM Delta platform along with the Saturn Ion. A badge-engineered Cobalt is sold as the Pontiac Pursuit in Canada, and as the Pontiac G4 in Mexico...

Cobalt, Ontario: Cobalt is a town in the district of Timiskaming, province of Ontario, Canada, with a population of 1,221, and an area of 2.11 square kilometres. Population density is 582.9 per square kilometre. It was recently designated as Ontario's most historic town by a panel of judges on the TV Ontario program...

Chemical element: A chemical element, often called simply element, is the class of atoms which contain the same number of protons....

Cobalt related Images and Photos (experimental)

Cobalt Mosaic I

Cobalt blue 'geek.' glass