cobaltous hydroxide
or cobalt hydroxide, cobaltic hydroxide
noun
a rose-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, Co2O3⋅3H2O, used chiefly in the preparation of cobalt salts and in the manufacture of paint and varnish driers.
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How to use cobaltous hydroxide in a sentence
cobaltous hydroxide, Co(OH)2, is formed when a cobaltous salt is precipitated by caustic potash in the absence of air.
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