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    COBALT
    27
    Co
    58.933200 (9)


    Compounds of cobalt:

    cobalt (II) iodide

    • Formula as commonly written: CoI2
    • Hill system formula: Co1I2
    • CAS registry number: [15238-00-3]
    • Formula weight: 312.742
    • Class: iodide

    Synonyms

    • cobalt (II) iodide
    • cobalt diiodide
    • cobalt diiodide (a, black)
    • cobalt iodide
    • cobalt iodide (a, black)
    • cobalt iodide (a, black)

    Physical properties

    • Colour: blue-black
    • Appearance: crystalline solid
    • Melting point: 515°C ((in vacuo) )
    • Boiling point:
    • Density: 5600 kg m-3

    Element analysis and oxidation numbers

    For each compound, and where possible, a formal oxidation number for each element is given, but the usefulness of this number is limited, especially so for p-block elements in particular. Based upon that oxidation number, an electronic configuration is also given but note that for more exotic compounds you should view this as a guide only.
    Element%Formal oxidation stateFormal electronic configuration
    Co 18.842[Ar].3d7
    I 81.16-1[Kr].4d10.5s2.5p6

    Synthesis

    Not available

    Solid state structure

    • Geometry of cobalt:
    • Prototypical structure:

    Crystal structure of cobalt (II) iodide

    Isotope pattern

    What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the CoI2 unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

    Formula: Co1I2

    mass %313 100.0 __________________________________________________

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    References

    The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

    • R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
    • N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
    • F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
    • A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
    • R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
    • A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
    • A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
    • J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
    • D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
    • J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
    • J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.
    Fluorides
  • CoF2
  • CoF3
  • CoF4
  • Chlorides
  • CoCl2
  • CoCl2.6H2O
  • CoCl3
  • Bromides
  • CoBr2
  • Iodides
  • CoI2
  • Hydrides
    none listed
    Oxides
  • CoO
  • Co3O4
  • Sulfides
  • CoS
  • CoS2
  • Co2S3
  • Selenides
    none listed
    Tellurides
  • CoTe
  • Nitrides
    none listed





    Our data and resources are taken from Web Elements