cobalt

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  1. noun A hard, brittle metallic element, found associated with nickel, silver, lead, copper, and iron ores and resembling nickel and iron in appearance. It is used chiefly for magnetic alloys, high-temperature alloys, and in the form of its salts for blue glass and ceramic pigments. Atomic number 27; atomic weight 58.9332; melting point 1,495°C; boiling point 2,900°C; specific gravity 8.9; valence 2, 3. See Table at element.

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  • A yellow mule and talk against the King for his cobalt-colored urine! —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 01 - July 2000
  • The atoms of the metals iron, cobalt, and nickel contain little built-in magnetic compasses, each with its own little needle with a north and a south pole, called its magnetic dipole moment. —  AnalogSFF,October2007
  • Isn't it preferable to litter our planet with demagnetized chunks of iron, cobalt, and boron, instead of fermenting battery acid? —  StrangeHorizons,August2002
  • Arsenic is commonly found in metals such as silver, cobalt, and nickel. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Minerals such as cobalt, coltan, cassiterite, copper, and especially gold are all mined in Africa by —  Green Options
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  1. German Kobalt, from Middle High German kobolt, variant of kobold, goblin (from silver miners' belief that cobalt had been placed by goblins who had stolen the silver).

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  1. from German kobalt, dial. kobold, cobalt; said to be the same word as kobold, a goblin, the ‘demon of the mines,’ transferred to cobalt because it was troublesome to miners, and at first its value was not known. See kobold and goblin.
 

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