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Cobalt,  ₂₇Co

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General properties
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Appearance	hard lustrous bluish gray metal
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Cobalt in the periodic table
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Atomic number (Z)	27
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Period	period 4
Block	d-block
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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
[[Enthalpy of vaporization|Heat of Template:Engvar]]	377 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	24.81 J/(mol·K)
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Atomic properties
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Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.88
[[Ionization energy|Template:Engvar 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
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Other properties
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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
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