Cobalt is element 27, a transition metal of the d block, in group 9, period 4. Its ground-state configuration is [Ar] 3d7 4s2, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0, 2, 3.
It was discovered in 1735, by Brandt.
Name origin: the German word Kobold, 'goblin'.
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