Chemical element
The element of atomic number 27. In the deposits Lithoen holds it is almost never the reason a body is worked: it travels with nickel in laterite and magmatic sulfide systems and with copper in some sediment-hosted systems.
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Cobalt has atomic number 27: its nucleus contains 27 protons, and that is what makes it cobalt.
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Evidence: Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (IUPAC) 2024 Primary authority
The standard atomic weight of cobalt is 58.933194(3), as listed in the CIAAW table.
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Evidence: Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (IUPAC) 2024 Primary authority
The chemical symbol for cobalt is Co, as listed in the CIAAW table of standard atomic weights.
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Evidence: Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (IUPAC) 2024 Primary authority
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