Name:	Cobalt
Symbol:	Co
Atomic Number:	27

Cobalt is a chemical element with the symbol Co and atomic number 27. Cobalt is a ferromagnetic metal. It is a naturally-occurring element, and is commonly found in a number of ores. Cobalt is used in numerous alloys, and some cobalt-based materials are also used in weapons.

The antimatter relays of an NX-class starship are lined with a platinum-cobalt alloy. (ENT: "The Xindi")

In 2154, the Enterprise NX-01 carried eighteen kilograms of tritanium-cobalt, of which nine were used to bribe guards in releasing slaves on the Verex III Orion processing station. (ENT: "Borderland")

The Lysian Central Command space station was armed with 39 cobalt-fusion warheads. (TNG: "Conundrum") Other military uses of cobalt include cobalt-thorium devices, cobalt bombs and the nerve agent cobalt diselenide. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part I", "For the Uniform"; TOS: "Obsession")

The body of the Soong-type android Data included 11.8 kilograms of molybdenum-cobalt alloys. (TNG: "The Most Toys")

See also Edit

• Cavorite
• Dicobalt
• Tricobalt

External links Edit

• Cobalt at Wikipedia
• Cobalt at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works