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An inorganic substance known as cobalt oxide has been described as an olive-green or grey solid. In order to make blue glazes and enamels, it is widely utilized as an additive in the ceramics sector. It is also used in the chemical sector to make cobalt(II) salts. Cobalt(II,III) oxide, a black solid with the formula Co3O4, is a similar substance.
With a straight optical bandgap of 1.48 and 2.19 eV, cobalt oxide is a multipurpose, antiferromagnetic p-type semiconductor that has been utilized in pigments, dyes, electrochromic sensors, energy storage, heterogeneous catalysis, and lithium ion rechargeable batteries as an anode material.
It occurs in nickel, arsenic, sulphur, and manganese-containing ores found in deposits. Toxic byproducts of sulphur and arsenic are created during the roasting process. In addition to being used to create airbags for automobiles, catalysts for the petroleum and chemical industries, diamond tools, cemented carbides (also known as hardmetals), corrosion- and wear-resistant alloys.
Drying agents for paints, varnishes, and inks, dyes and pigments, ground coats for porcelain enamels, and high-speed despite having modest toxicity in vitro, cobalt oxide particles can have long-lasting negative effects on lung cells due to their high retention rates in the lung. Several months or years after inhalation, a small percentage of cobalt oxide particles may still be present in the lungs.
The Global cobalt oxide market accounted for $XX Billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
Since at least the eighth century, the Middle East has utilized cobalt oxide as a blue colourant in pottery glazes and underglazes. As a result of its employment in Ming Dynasty pottery in the 14th century, it gained enormous popularity.
Excellent gas-sensing, catalytic, and electrochemical capabilities of Co3O4 have led to extensive research on its potential use in heterogeneous catalysts, lithium batteries, solid-state sensors, electrochromic devices, and medical applications.
In addition to being used to create airbags for automobiles, catalysts for the petroleum and chemical industries, diamond tools, cemented carbides (also known as hardmetals), corrosion- and wear-resistant alloys, drying agents for paints, varnishes, and inks, dyes and pigments, ground coats for porcelain enamels, and high-speed Contrary to chromate, cobalt found in cement as cobalt oxides is not appreciably soluble in water.
In the presence of amino acids with which cobalt forms complexes, cobalt oxides are rather soluble. The mineral asbolane, commonly referred to as asbolite, an imperfect oxide of manganese, is the most prevalent source of cobalt oxide. Linnaeite is a sulphide that is less frequent.
A hard, grey metal element is cobalt. It’s a component of B-12. The production of red blood cells, or erythropoiesis, depends on this vitamin. Additionally, it supports the nervous system.
Due to its unique antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, larvicidal, antileishmanial, anticholinergic, wound healing, and antidiabetic capabilities, cobalt and cobalt oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have a variety of medicinal applications. Cobaltous oxide (CoO), cobaltic oxide (Co2O3), and tricobalt tetraoxide (or cobalto-cobaltic oxide, Co3O4) are the three most prevalent types of cobalt oxide.
It can be found in deposits in southern Africa, Canada, and Morocco in ores that also contain nickel, arsenic, sulphur, and manganese. Arsenic and sulphur hazardous byproducts are created during the roasting process.
It is already known that reduced cobalt oxide catalysts are used in the synthesis of organic compounds, more specifically when reducing organic compounds with gaseous hydrogen and notably when converting organic nitriles to organic amines in this manner.
The conversion of adiponitrile to hexamethylene diamine, which can occur in the liquid phase under pressure by use of hydrogen in the presence of ammonia and a reduced cobalt oxide catalyst at a temperature that, for example, ranges from 50 to 200 C, is an important example.
The reduced cobalt oxide catalyst is made by first pre-reducing a cobalt oxide catalyst, for instance by heating it in a hydrogen environment that is optionally diluted with an inert gas like nitrogen, at a temperature between 100 and 400c
The cobalt oxide catalyst is typically employed in particulate form, such as in pellet form, and has been previously sintered to increase the physical strength of the catalyst particles. This prevents physical disintegration of the catalyst during usage, extending the catalyst’s useful life.
It is common practice to subject the catalyst particles to a variety of chemical treatments that aid in sintering and increase the final strength of the particles. chemicals may additionally serve as lubricants in certain processes, like pelleting, which may come before sintering. The sintering acid in question is known to be glyceryl tristearate.
Furthermore, the usage of higher fatty acids with chains longer than C and their esters, as well as animal and vegetable stearins, has been suggested. Before sintering, the cobalt oxide could be shaped, like by being pelletized.
If a shaping operation is used, it is typically advantageous to combine the cobalt oxide and the carboxylic acid sintering aid beforehand because the said acids act as lubricants during the shaping operation, and this use of the said acids constitutes a subsidiary feature of their invention.
