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27 - Cobalt transition metal

Discovered by Georg Brandt in 1735

Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. Like nickel, cobalt in the Earth's crust is found only in chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
Shell Electrons Orbitals
1 2 2 in 1s
2 8 2 in 2s + 6 in 2p
3 15 2 in 3s + 6 in 3p + 7 in 3d
4 2 2 in 4s
CobaltCo Electron 1 Electron 2 Electron 1 Electron 2 Electron 3 Electron 4 Electron 5 Electron 6 Electron 7 Electron 8 Electron 1 Electron 2 Electron 3 Electron 4 Electron 5 Electron 6 Electron 7 Electron 8 Electron 9 Electron 10 Electron 11 Electron 12 Electron 13 Electron 14 Electron 15 Electron 1 Electron 2
58.93  u Atomic Mass
1.7  Å Atomic Radius
3200  K Boiling Point
1.26  Å Covalent Radius
8.9  g/cm³ Density
63.9 Electron Affinity
1.88 Electronegativity
7.88  eV First Ionization Energy
1768.15  K Melting Point
4 Number of Shells
27 Atomic Number
2, 8, 15, 2 Electron Shell Occupations