cobalt trichloride
cobalt trichloride Basic information
- Product Name:
- cobalt trichloride
- Synonyms:
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- cobalt trichloride
- Cobaltic Chloride
- trichlorocobalt
- Cobalt(III) trichloride
- Trichlorocobalt(III)
- Cobalt chloride (cocl3)
- Einecs 233-574-8
- richlorocobal
- CAS:
- 10241-04-0
- MF:
- Cl3Co
- MW:
- 165.28
- EINECS:
- 2335748
- Mol File:
- 10241-04-0.mol
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cobalt trichloride Chemical Properties
- Density
- 2.940
- EPA Substance Registry System
- Cobalt chloride (CoCl3) (10241-04-0)
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cobalt trichloride Usage And Synthesis
Description
Cobalt(III) chloride is of very dubious existence and the bromide and iodide have never been prepared. These halides are expectedly redox unstable, the Co3+ ion being a strong oxidant. Dissolution of cobalt(III) oxide in hydrochloric acid leads to evolution of chlorine. Indeed cobalt(III) compounds are estimated volumetrically as a result of their liberation of iodine from potassium iodide in acid solution.