Cobalt Carbonate
| PROPERTIES & USAGE | ||
| Properties | Usage | |
| Chemical formula | CoCO3 | precursor to cobalt carbonyl and various cobalt salts |
| Density | 4.13 g/cm3 | precursor to blue pottery glazes, |
| Melting point | 427 °C (801 °F; 700 K) [2] | |
| decomposes before melting to cobalt(II) oxide(anhydrous) | ||
| 140 °C (284 °F; 413 K)decomposes (hexahydrate) | ||