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   Cobalt
   Cobalt is a metal element with the symbol Co. It was discovered among the ore veins in Cornwall in early times and called mundic by the miners. It was identified as a metal in 1733 by Brandt.
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   cobalt
   [n] - a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element
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   Cobalt
   Cobalt is a hard, grey metal which is ferromagnetic. It is usually found in association with nickel in arsenical ores. Cobalt is relatively unreactive, being stable in airand only slowly attacked by dilute acids. It does not combine with hydrogen and nitrogen but it does react with carbon, oxygen and steam at elevated temperatures, producing CoO in...
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   Cobalt
   CAS Number: 7440-48-4. Cobalt is a naturally occurring element found in rocks, soil, water, plants, and animals. There are non radioactive and radioactive forms of cobalt. Non-radioactive cobalt, referred to as stable cobalt, is used to produce metal allo
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   Cobalt
   (cobalt 60) A radioactive metal which gives off gamma rays (radiation) and is used to give radiotherapy treatment.
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   Cobalt
   chemical element: atomic number 27 Category: Chemistry
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   Cobalt
   Co'balt (kō'bŏlt; 277, 74) noun [ German kobalt , probably from kobold , kobel , goblin, Middle High German kobolt ; perhaps akin to German koben pigsty, hut, Anglo-Saxon cofa room, cofgodas household gods, Icelandic kofi hut. If so, the ending - old stands for older -walt , -wald , being the same as ...
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   cobalt
   <chemical> A trace element that is a component of vitamin b12. It has the atomic symbol co, atomic number 27, and atomic weight 58.93. It is used in nuclear weapons, alloys, and pigments. Deficiency in animals leads to anaemia; its excess in humans can lead to erythrocytosis. ... Chemical name: Cobalt ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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   cobalt
   Co 1 atomic number 27 noun a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
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    Cobalt
    `Cobalt` is a hard, lustrous, silver-grey metal, a chemical element with symbol `Co`. It is found in various ores, and is used in the preparation of magnetic, wear-resistant, and high-strength alloys. Its compounds are used in the production of inks, paints, and varnishes.
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    cobalt
    (Co) (ko´bawlt) a chemical element, atomic number 27, atomic weight 58.933. cobalt 57 a radioisotope of cobalt, atomic mass 57, having a half-life of 270 days; used as a label for cyanocobalamin. Symbol 57Co. cobalt 60 a radioisotope ...
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    Cobalt
    • (n.) A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison. • (n.) A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol Co.
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    cobalt
    chemical element, ferromagnetic metal of Group VIIIb of the periodic table, used especially for heat-resistant and magnetic alloys.[10 related articles]
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    cobalt
    A steel-gray metallic element, atomic no. 27, atomic wt. 58.93320; a bioelement and a constituent of vitamin B12; certain of its compounds are pigments, e.g., cobalt blue. [Ger. kobalt, goblin or evil spirit]
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    cobalt
    (Co) Cobalt. Credit: RTC, Wikipedia A hard, brittle, silvery-white metallic element in group VIII of the periodic table; it is ferromagnetic (see ferromagnetism) and a transition element. Cobalt is found associated with nickel, silver, lead, copper, and iron ores, and...
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    Cobalt
    Cobalt (kō'bôlt) , town (1991 pop. 1,470), E Ont., Canada, NE of Sudbury, near Lake Timiskaming. Once a center for cobalt and silver mining, the area is now economically depressed. The town has a mining museum and an annual Miner's Festival.
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    cobalt
    cobalt, metallic chemical element; symbol Co; at. no. 27; at. wt. 58.9332; m.p. 1,495°C; b.p. about 2,870°C; sp. gr. 8.9 at 20°C; valence +2 or +3. Cobalt is a silver-white, lustrous, hard, brittle metal. It is a member of Group 9 of the periodic table. Like iron, it can be magnetized. I...
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