Definition of Cobaltous

1. a. Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence.

Definition of Cobaltous

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Containing cobalt in oxidation state 2. ¹

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Definition of Cobaltous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cobaltous

cobaltines
cobaltinitrite
cobaltinitrites
cobaltite
cobaltites
cobaltkieserite
cobaltkoritnigite
cobaltlotharmeyerite
cobalto-
cobaltoan
cobaltocene
cobaltocenium
cobaltochelatase
cobaltomenite
cobaltosic
cobaltous (current term)
cobaltous chloride
cobaltous oxide
cobalts
cobalttsumcorite
cobamamide
cobb
cobbed
cobber
cobbers
cobbier
cobbiest
cobbing
cobble
cobble together

Literary usage of Cobaltous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"NH4OH+Aq. Scarcely attacked by boiling Na2S+Aq. (Fleitmann.) cobaltous ... O. Very sol. in HO; (Schwarz, Z. anorg. 1895, 9. 268.) cobaltous sodium ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"If a mixture of cobaltous oxide and potassic ... (813) cobaltous CARBONATES.—Cobalt resembles magnesium, zinc, nickel, and copper, in the circumstance that ..."

3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"cobaltous oxalate, before dissolving in ammonia, takes up a portion of that substance, ... cobaltous oxalate dissolves in aqueous normal oxalate of ammonia, ..."

4. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1883)
"The solutions contain cobaltous salts. 2. cobaltous OXIDE (Co 0) is light brown ... The cobaltous SALTS containing water of crystallization are red, ..."

5. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"See Cobaltic hydroxide and cobaltous hydroxide. Cobalt Hydroxide. ... See cobaltous oleate. Cobalt Oxide. See Cobaltic oxide and cobaltous oxide. ..."

6. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1903)
"Unlike iron, however, the cobaltous ion is the more common condition, while the ferric ... The cobaltous ion combines readily with the anions of acids, ..."

7. Qualitative Chemical Analysis: A Guide in the Practical Study of Chemistry by Silas Hamilton Douglas, Albert Benjamin Prescott, Otis Coe Johnson (1880)
"The most permanent cobaltic compound is the oxide; but both cobaltous and ... cobaltous oxide is gray-green, the hydrate is rose-red ; they are easily ..."

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