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Chemical data
- Formula
- CoO
- Molecular weight
- 74.933 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- cobalt(2+);oxygen(2-)
- SMILES
- [O-2].[Co+2]
- InChIKey
- IUYLTEAJCNAMJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- oxygen
- Mass
- 74.928
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- canonical SMILES
- [O-2].[Co+2]
- chemical formula
- CoO
- subject has role
- carcinogen
- melting point
- 1830
- 2022 Harmonized System Code
- 282200
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Encyclopedic overview
Cobalt(II) oxide is an inorganic compound that has been described as an olive-green or gray solid. It is used extensively in the ceramics industry as an additive to create blue-colored glazes and enamels, as well as in the chemical industry for producing cobalt(II) salts. A related material is cobalt(II,III) oxide, a black solid with the formula Co3O4.
Structure and properties
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cobalt(II) oxide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.