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| Other names Cobaltous nitrate Nitric acid, cobalt(2+) salt | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.030.353 |
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| UN number | 1477 |
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| Properties | |
| Co(NO3)2(H2O)6 | |
| Molar mass | 291.03 g/mol (hexahydrate) 182.943 g/mol (anhydrous) |
| Appearance | pale red powder (anhydrous) red crystalline (hexahydrate) |
| Odor | odorless |
| Density | 1.87 g/cm3 (hexahydrate) 2.49 g/cm3 (anhydrous) |
| Melting point | 100 °C (212 °F; 373 K) decomposes (anhydrous) 55 °C (hexahydrate) |
| Boiling point | 100 to 105 °C (212 to 221 °F; 373 to 378 K) decomposes (anhydrous)[citation needed] 74 °C, decomposes (hexahydrate) |
| anhydrous:[1] 84.03 g/100 mL (0 °C) 334.9 g/100 mL (90 °C) soluble (anhydrous) | |
| Solubility | soluble inalcohol,acetone,ethanol,ammonia (hexahydrate),methanol 2.1 g/100 mL |
| Structure | |
| monoclinic (hexahydrate) | |
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| H317,H334,H341,H350,H360,H410 | |
| P201,P202,P261,P272,P273,P280,P281,P285,P302+P352,P304+P341,P308+P313,P321,P333+P313,P342+P311,P363,P391,P405,P501 | |
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LD50 (median dose) | 434 mg/kg; rat, oral (anhydrous) 691 mg/kg; rat, oral (hexahydrate) |
| Safety data sheet (SDS) | Cobalt (II) Nitrate MSDS |
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Otheranions | Cobalt(II) sulfate Cobalt(II) chloride Cobalt oxalate |
Othercations | Iron(III) nitrate Nickel(II) nitrate |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
Cobalt nitrate is theinorganic compound with the formula Co(NO3)2.xH2O. It is acobalt(II)salt. The most common form is thehexahydrate Co(NO3)2·6H2O, which is a red-browndeliquescent salt that is soluble in water and other polar solvents.[2]
As well as the anhydrous compound Co(NO3)2, severalhydrates of cobalt(II) nitrate exist. These hydrates have thechemical formula Co(NO3)2·nH2O, wheren = 0, 2, 4, 6.
Anhydrous cobalt(II) nitrate adopts a three-dimensional polymeric network structure, with each cobalt(II) atom approximately octahedrally coordinated by six oxygen atoms, each from a different nitrate ion. Each nitrate ion coordinates to three cobalts.[3] The dihydrate is a two-dimensional polymer, with nitrate bridges between Co(II) centres and hydrogen bonding holding the layers together.[4] The tetrahydrate consists of discrete, octahedral [(H2O)4Co(NO3)2] molecules. The hexahydrate is better described as hexaaquacobalt(II) nitrate, [Co(OH2)6][NO3]2, as it consists of discrete [Co(OH2)6]2+ and [NO3]− ions.[5] Above 55 °C, the hexahydrate converts to the trihydrate and at higher temperatures to the monohydrate.[2]
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It is commonly reduced to metallic high purity cobalt.[2] It can be absorbed on to variouscatalyst supports for use inFischer–Tropsch catalysis.[6] It is used in the preparation of dyes and inks.[7]
Cobalt(II) nitrate is a common starting material for the preparation of coordination complexes such ascobaloximes,[8] carbonatotetraamminecobalt(III),[9] and others.[10]
The hexahydrate is prepared treating metallic cobalt or one of its oxides, hydroxides, or carbonate withnitric acid:
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