Cobalt Metal Powder

A brittle, hard metal, resembling iron and nickel in appearance, cobalt has a magnetic permeability approximately two thirds that of iron. It is frequently obtained as a byproduct of nickel, silver, lead, copper, and iron ores and is present in meteorites.This versatile metal has consolidated its position in traditional areas, such as superalloys, and has found greater use in some newer applications, such as in rechargeable batteries, Lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) is widely used in Lithium ion battery electrodes. Nickel-cadmium (NiCd) and nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries also contain significant amounts of cobalt.Powder are used as ingredient of metal alloy, tungsten carbide products etc.

A brittle, hard metal, resembling iron and nickel in appearance, cobalt has a magnetic permeability approximately two thirds that of iron. It is frequently obtained as a byproduct of nickel, silver, lead, copper, and iron ores and is present in meteorites.
Cobalt is often alloyed with other metals due to its unusual magnetic strength and is used in electroplating because of its appearance, hardness and resistance to oxidation.
Cobalt Metal Powder Typical Applications
This versatile metal has consolidated its position in traditional areas, such as superalloys, and has found greater use in some newer applications, such as in rechargeable batteries
Alloys
Cobalt-based superalloys consume most of the produced cobalt. The temperature stability of these alloys makes them suitable for use in turbine blades for gas turbines and jet aircraft engines, though nickel-based single crystal alloys surpass them in this regard. Cobalt-based alloys are also corrosion and wear-resistant. Special cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloys are used for prosthetic parts such as hip and knee replacements. Cobalt alloys are also used for dental prosthetics, where they are useful to avoid allergies to nickel. Some high speed steels also use cobalt to increase heat and wear-resistance. The special alloys of aluminium, nickel, cobalt and iron, known as Alnico, and of samarium and cobalt (samarium-cobalt magnet) are used in permanent magnets.