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Cobalt Oxide
General Notices
Co3 O4 240.8 1307969
Action and use
Used in the prevention of cobalt deficiency in ruminants.
Preparation
Cobalt Depottablets
DEFINITION
Cobalt Oxide consists of cobalt(II,III) oxide (tricobalt tetraoxide) with a small proportion of cobalt(III)
oxide (dicobalt trioxide). It contains not less than 70.0% and not more than 75.0% of Co, calculated
with reference to the substance ignited at about 600°.
CHARACTERISTICS
A black powder.
Practically insoluble in water. It dissolves in mineral acids and in solutions of the alkali hydroxides.
IDENTIFICATION
A. Dissolve 50 mg, with warming, in 5 ml of hydrochloric acid and add 10 ml of water. To 2 ml of
the solution add 1 ml of 5M sodium hydroxide. A blue precipitate which becomes pink on warming
is produced. Reserve the remainder of the solution for use in test B.
B. Neutralise 10 ml of the solution reserved in test A with 5M sodium hydroxide and add 0.5 ml of
6M acetic acid and 10 ml of a 10% w/v solution of potassium nitrite. A yellow crystalline precipitate
is produced.
Loss on ignition
When ignited at about 600°, loses not more than 1.0% of its weight. Use 1 g.
ASSAY
Dissolve 0.1 g in 20 ml of hydrochloric acid, by repeated evaporation if necessary. Add 300 ml of
water, 4 g of hydroxylamine hydrochloride and 25 ml of 13.5M ammonia. Warm to 80° and titrate with
0.05M disodium edetate VS, using methyl thymol blue mixture as indicator, until the colour changes
from blue to purple. Each ml of 0.05M disodium edetate VS is equivalent to 2.946 mg of Co.
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