Cobalt Acetate

Public-database records for Cobalt Acetate (CAS 71-48-7), reproduced here for independent cross-checking.

Safety classification and hazard statements

Regulatory listings

Physical description and handling notes

• Cobalt acetate is a red-violet crystalline solid. Vinegar-like odor. (USCG, 1999)
• Liquid; Dry Powder
• Light-pink solid; [Merck Index] Pink crystals, soluble in water; [MSDSonline]
• Light pink crystals
• Pink crystals
• Vinegar-like odor

Reported physical properties

How this substance is indexed

Documented uses

• Used as a bleaching agent, drier for coatings, catalyst, and foam stabilizer; Also used in sympathetic inks, feed additives, and in anodizing; [HSDB]
• Painting (Pigments, Binders, and Biocides) [Category: Paint]
• Farming (Feed Additives) [Category: Industry]
• Bleaching agent and drier for lacquers, varnishes; in anodizing; catalyst for oxidation and esterification; foam stabilizer for malt beverages.
• Sympathetic inks, paint and varnish driers, catalyst, anodizing, mineral supplement in feed additives, foam stabilizer.
• Cobalt (II) acetate can be used as antidote for cyanide poisoning. Major used include: foam stabilizer for malt beverages; bleaching agent and drier for lacquers, varnishes; anodizing agent; catalyst for oxidation and esterification (A597, T66).

Names this substance appears under

Cobalt(II) acetate; 71-48-7; Cobalt acetate; Cobalt diacetate; Bis(acetato)cobalt; Cobaltous diacetate; COBALTOUS ACETATE; Cobalt(2+) acetate; Cobalt di(acetate); cobalt(2+) diacetate; Cobalt acetate (Co(OAc)2); DTXSID6026373; 3XC4P44U7E; DTXCID506373; CHEBI:85138; NSC-78410

Computed molecular descriptors

Database abstract

Cobalt Acetate · CAS 71-48-7 · C4H6CoO4. UNII 3XC4P44U7E. 熔点: 284 °F (USCG, 1999); 熔点: 298 °C (decomposes).

Source: PubChem / Wikidata; the batch COA governs where values differ.