cobaltic

[koh-bawl-tik]

adjective

1. of or containing cobalt, especially in the trivalent state.

cobaltic

/ kəʊˈbɔːltɪk /

adjective

1. of or containing cobalt, esp in the trivalent state

Word History and Origins

Origin of cobaltic¹

First recorded in 1775–85; cobalt + -ic

Example Sentences

Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim won a brace of silver medals for Cobaltic Porter and Darkstar November while nearby the Bruery Terreux — the sour beer-producing offshoot of the Bruery — was awarded a silver for Oude Tart, also in the Belgian-style Flanders ale category.

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The Costa Mesa outpost of the Karl Strauss chain of brewpubs won a silver medal in the American-style black ale category for singularity, and Anaheim’s Bottle Logic Brewing took home a pair of gold medals with its brews Lagerithm and Cobaltic Porter.

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The cobaltic salts corresponding to the oxide Co2O3 are generally unstable compounds which exist only in solution.

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This hydroxide is soluble in well cooled acids, forming solutions which contain cobaltic salts, one of the most stable of which is the acetate.

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Electrolysis of a solution in hydrofluoric acid gives cobaltic fluoride, CoF3.

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