Exposure to cobalt may cause cancer. Workers may be harmed from exposure to cobalt and cobalt-containing products. The level of harm depends upon the dose, duration, and work being done. Cobalt is used in many industries. What kind of cancer Read more…
Cobalt is a versatile transition metal for drug development. The tunable physicochemical properties can be exploited by understanding the mechanism of bioactive cobalt complexes. What is cobalt drug? Cobalt was once used to treat different types of anemia. But there Read more…
Five astonishing facts about cobalt Cobalt is named after mythical, death-dealing goblins. We’ve used cobalt dye for at least 2,600 years. Cobalt can treat cancer…but also kill you. Cobalt used to be a beer additive – with disastrous effects. Cobalt Read more…
Cobalt is used in both glazes and the manufacture of pottery, ceramics, and even the tiles on your roof. Your body actually needs cobalt to survive. It is one of many trace elements needed in your diet. Cobalt is also Read more…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is by far the leading producer of cobalt in Africa, and is estimated to have produced 104 thousand metric tons of this metal in 2018. Production volume of Read more…
Cobalt plays an important role in renewable biogas technology. Biogas is a methane-based energy carrier and is widely used for delocalised electricity and heat production or as a renewable replacement for natural gas. What is cobalt used for energy? Today Read more…
Cobalt-60 is a commercially important radioisotope, used as a radioactive tracer and for the production of high-energy gamma rays. Cobalt is the active center of a group of coenzymes called cobalamins. Cobalt Standard atomic weight Ar°(Co) 58.933194±0.000003 58.933±0.001 (abridged) Cobalt Read more…
Despite the Commission’s zero‑tolerance approach to child labor in trade agreements, it is estimated,, according to reports by UN agencies, that in the southern Katanga province, more than 40 000 children are working in hazardous conditions in cobalt mines, with Read more…
Researchers have successfully replaced the rare element iodine in copper-based dye-sensitized solar cells by the more abundant element cobalt, taking a step forward in the development of environmentally friendly energy production. Is cobalt used in renewable energy? Cobalt plays an Read more…
Cobalt salts have been used for centuries to produce brilliant blue colours in paint, porcelain, glass, pottery and enamels. Radioactive cobalt-60 is used to treat cancer and, in some countries, to irradiate food to preserve it. Cobalt is an essential Read more…