Periodic Table:

Element 27 - Cobaltum / Cobalt

(Latin / English)

Mass Number

Atomic Mass

% Abundance

Nuclear Spin

56 *

55.9398

0

0

57 *

56.9363

0

7/2-

58 *

57.9358

0

2+

59

58.9332

100

7/2-

60 *

59.9338

0

5+

(* = unstable isotope)

Electron Configuration:

[Ar] 3d7 4s2

Relative Atomic Mass:

58.933

State (25°C, 1 atm):

solid, metal

Density:

8900 kg/m3

Melting Temperature:

1768 K

Boiling Temperature:

3143 K

© W. Bauer, 1999