Cobalt

• 1st period 9-29-14
• Arturo meza
• I am using japan to compare

Cobalt is found as ferromagnetic silvery bluish white hard lustrous brittle element as a component of 70 metals

USE OF COBALT IN THE USA

It's surprising to know how we use cobalt in our daily lives its used in household items, medically even in our security and army. in the USA is considered as a strategic important metal

We use cobalt for many things including defense cobalt is essential for building jets , we also use it in jewelry and decorations

USE OF COBALT IN JAPAN

Japan is way more advanced than us and even though cobalt is very important in electricity they use it for other things

Japan actually uses cobalt as well as other metals for knives cobalt makes the the knife stronger and it allows it to resist big temperatures due to the fact that cobalt can resist temperatures of over 800 degrees

HOW WE BOTH USE COBALT

It's used in many appliances for our daily routine such as microwaves ovens and even I bathtubs
We both also use microchips in controllers and phones

FUN FACTS

• It was discovered in 1739
• Discovered by G. Brandt
• Commonly mistaken with other minerals

Cobalt comes from the word kobalt alteration of kobold meaning goblin
From the belief of goblinds
Creating minerals