Cobalt
| AUTHOR | Johanson, Paula |
| PUBLISHER | Rosen Central (01/30/2008) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Library Binding) |
Description
Cobalt (Co) was discovered by Swedish chemist Georg Brandt in 1735. Readers learn that cobalt is a transition metal, and that it is ferromagnetic. Only cobalt, nickel, and iron (and some of their alloys) can permanently align their atoms and become a permanent magnet. Cobalt can be found in rocky ores in Africa and Canada. It is very active chemically and forms many compounds, including cobaltous and cobaltic salts. Cobalt is used as a coloring agent, in paints, glass, ceramics, and enamels. A radioactive isotope of cobalt, called cobalt-60, can be used as a tracer in industry to show where pipes are leaking, and in medicine by doctors as a radioactive dye to trace out a person's blood vessels in part or all of a person's body in helping them to diagnose many kinds of illness.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781404214101
ISBN-10:
1404214100
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Library Binding)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
48
Carton Quantity:
0
Product Dimensions:
7.93 x 0.36 x 10.29 inches
Weight:
0.78 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Table of Contents,
Ikids,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
MY
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Science | Chemistry - Inorganic
Grade Level:
5th Grade
- 8th Grade
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level:
0
Point Value:
0
Guided Reading Level:
Grade 7/8
Dewey Decimal:
546.623
Library of Congress Control Number:
2007023665
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Cobalt (Co) was discovered by Swedish chemist Georg Brandt in 1735. Readers learn that cobalt is a transition metal, and that it is ferromagnetic. Only cobalt, nickel, and iron (and some of their alloys) can permanently align their atoms and become a permanent magnet. Cobalt can be found in rocky ores in Africa and Canada. It is very active chemically and forms many compounds, including cobaltous and cobaltic salts. Cobalt is used as a coloring agent, in paints, glass, ceramics, and enamels. A radioactive isotope of cobalt, called cobalt-60, can be used as a tracer in industry to show where pipes are leaking, and in medicine by doctors as a radioactive dye to trace out a person's blood vessels in part or all of a person's body in helping them to diagnose many kinds of illness.
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Author:
Johanson, Paula
Paula Johanson s first book of real-life stories was No Parent is an Island. She lives on a farm north of Edmonton, and teaches writing classes in Victoria, BC in the winter. Her critical essays on works of fantasy, SF and classic books appear in volumes 12 through 15 of Beacham s Guide to Literature for Young Adults and in Scribner s Supernatural Fiction Writers.
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