Constituent
Name
cobalt oxide Co(II,III)
Official name
Synthetic cobalt(II,III) oxide
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
oxide-hydroxide
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$Co_3O_4$
Chemical formula
Co3O4
Elemental formula
Co3 O4
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Co$ Cobalt element 3 0.42857142857142855 1 pure main
$O$ Oxygen element 4 0.5714285714285714 1 pure main
Class
tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type
metal homonuclear tridimensional networks (elemental) (11.02)
Phase name
Cobalt(II,III) oxide
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
isometric (cubic)
Crystal class
hexoctahedral
Crystal class symbol
m-3m (Oh)
Crystal spacegroup
Fd-3m
Comments
normal spinel structure
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
240.80 $g/mol$
Density
6.11 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
isotropic
Color
black
Diaphaneity
opaque