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IUPAC name
Cobalt(II) chloride
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.028.718 |
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UN number | 3288 |
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Properties | |
CoCl2 | |
Molar mass | 129.839 g/mol (anhydrous) 165.87 g/mol (dihydrate) 237.93 g/mol (hexahydrate) |
Appearance | blue crystals (anhydrous) violet-blue (dihydrate) rose red crystals (hexahydrate) |
Density | 3.356 g/cm3 (anhydrous) 2.477 g/cm3 (dihydrate) 1.924 g/cm3 (hexahydrate) |
Melting point | 726 °C (1,339 °F; 999 K) ±2 (anhydrous)[2] 140 °C (monohydrate) 100 °C (dihydrate) 86 °C (hexahydrate) |
Boiling point | 1,049 °C (1,920 °F; 1,322 K) |
43.6 g/100 mL (0 °C) 45 g/100 mL (7 °C) 52.9 g/100 mL (20 °C) 105 g/100 mL (96 °C) | |
Solubility | 38.5 g/100 mL (methanol) 8.6 g/100 mL (acetone) soluble in ethanol, pyridine, glycerol |
+12,660·10−6 cm3/mol | |
Structure | |
CdCl2 structure | |
hexagonal (anhydrous) monoclinic (dihydrate) Octahedral (hexahydrate) | |
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Flash point | Non-flammable |
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LD50 (median dose)
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80 mg/kg (rat, oral) |
Safety data sheet (SDS) | ICSC 0783 |
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Other anions
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Cobalt(II) fluoride Cobalt(II) bromide Cobalt(II) iodide |
Other cations
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Rhodium(III) chloride Iridium(III) chloride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cobalt(II) chloride is an inorganic compound, a salt of cobalt and chlorine, with the formula CoCl
2. The compound forms several hydrates CoCl
2·nH
2O, for n = 1, 2, 6, and 9. Claims of the formation of tri- and tetrahydrates have not been confirmed.[4] The anhydrous form is a blue crystalline solid; the dihydrate is purple and the hexahydrate is pink. Commercial samples are usually the hexahydrate, which is one of the most commonly used cobalt salts in the lab.[5]
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