Constituent CoSO4.H2O | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: CoSO4.H2O
Official name: Cobalt(II) sulfate hydrates

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: sulfate

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $Fe^{2+} \cdot SO_4^{2-} \bullet n(H_2O)$
Chemical formula: CoSO4•n(H2O)
Elemental formula: (Co2+) S (O)3-9 (O-)2 (H)2-14
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Co^{2+}$	Cobaltous cation	element	1	0.16666666666666666	1	constituent cation	main
	$(SO_4)^{2-}$	Sulfate anion	chemical function	1	0.16666666666666666	1	anionic radical	main
	$H_2O$	Water	molecule	1 - 7	0.6666666666666666 $\pm$ 0.5	1	hydration	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$(SO_4)^{2-}$	1
	$R-OH$	2	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\cdot Co^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$	2
	$-O \dots H-$	n
	$-O-H$	2	main
	$\dddot - \dddot - \dddot - S \dddot - O^{-1/2}$	4

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: hydrated simple normal salts (07.04)
Group: sulfate (07.01.09)

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: various
Crystal class: various
Crystal class symbol: various
Crystal spacegroup: various

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 173.01 - 281.103 $g/mol$
Density: 3.075 - 1.948 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.639 - 1.483
Color: reddish, pink
Diaphaneity: various
Luster: various