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I liked your references Bluenoser. I found this interesting on Cobalt (from the Falconbridge site)


Best known for its many and varied industrial uses

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Cobalt Cathodes

99.95% cobalt available in 25 millimetre cut squares (1 inch x 1 inch)

Can be used by virtually every industry sector

Recognized the world over as the choice for all critical superalloy applications

Gases and impurities are extremely low

Cobalt Cathodes (PDF – 91 KB)

S-Cobalt

99.9% cobalt available as broken cathode

High-purity cobalt known for its excellent dissolution properties

Applications are typically in the chemical industry where purity is important

S-Cobalt (PDF – 90 KB)

End Uses
While cobalt is a key mineral in vitamin B12, it is best known for its many and varied industrial uses. Until the 20th century, cobalt was used primarily as a pigment producing intense blue colours. Today cobalt can be found in a variety of products, both consumer and industrial.

Consumer products include batteries for cellular phones and video recording tapes for camcorders. Industrial applications range from catalysts to reduce the sulphur content of gasoline to nickel and cobalt alloys for jet engines and binders in tungsten carbide drill bits.

(From the Chart on End Uses)

Magnets 7%

Batteries 21%

Superalloys 20%

Carbide & Diamond Tools 11%

Catalysts 11%

Colours 11%

Others 14%

For more information, please refer to "Cobalt Facts" on the Cobalt Development Institute Website.

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