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05-5230

Sigma-Aldrich

Cobalt(II) nitrate hexahydrate

JIS special grade, ≥98.0%

Synonym(s):

Cobaltous nitrate, Cobaltous nitrate hexahydrate, Nitric acid, cobalt(II) salt

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
Co(NO3)2 · 6H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
291.03
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:

grade

JIS special grade

Assay

≥98.0%

form

crystalline

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: cobalt

availability

available only in Japan

pH

4 (20 °C, 100 g/L)

mp

55 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

O.O.O.O.O.O.[Co++].[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O

InChI

1S/Co.2NO3.6H2O/c;2*2-1(3)4;;;;;;/h;;;6*1H2/q+2;2*-1;;;;;;

InChI key

QGUAJWGNOXCYJF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B Inhalation - Eye Dam. 1 - Muta. 2 - Ox. Sol. 2 - Repr. 1B - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Sens. 1 - STOT RE 2 Inhalation

Target Organs

Lungs

Storage Class Code

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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PRTR

Class I Designated Chemical Substances

ISHL Indicated Name

Substances Subject to be Indicated Names

ISHL Notified Names

Substances Subject to be Notified Names

JAN Code

05-5230-2-25G-J:
05-5230-5-500G-J:


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Massimiliano Aschi et al.
Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS, 44(7), 1038-1046 (2009-04-01)
The nature of the ionic species, formed by electrospray ionization (ESI) of Co(NO3)2/CH3OH solutions with a pair of aminoalcohols W and Y, has been investigated by mass spectrometric and computational methods. Collision induced dissociation (CID) of ions, formally corresponding to
William Buchmann et al.
Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS, 42(4), 517-526 (2007-02-27)
The electronebulization of a cobalt(II)/cysteine(Cys) mixture in water/methanol (50/50) produced mainly cobalt-cationized species. Three main groups of the Co-cationized species can be distinguished in the ESI-MS spectrum: (1) the cobalt complexes including the cysteine amino acid only (they can be
N G Al-Tawil et al.
Acta dermato-venereologica, 64(3), 203-208 (1984-01-01)
Peripheral blood lymphocytes from 45 patients with a positive patch test to cobalt chloride (CoCl2) and 37 controls were stimulated with various concentrations of CoCl2 and/or cobalt sulphate (CoSO4) or cobalt nitrate (Co(NO3)2) or cobalt acetate [CH3COO)2Co) for various days
A time-resolved in situ quick-XAS investigation of thermal activation of Fischer-Tropsch silica-supported cobalt catalysts.
Jingping Hong et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 18(10), 2802-2805 (2012-02-07)
J M Llobet et al.
Revista espanola de fisiologia, 39(3), 291-298 (1983-09-01)
The acute toxicities of chloride, acetate, cobalt nitrate and cobalt sulphate (II) were investigated in rats. The values obtained for the LD50 (7 days) were 133, 194, 198 and 279 mg of Co/kg respectively, when the salts were given orally.

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