Discovered in the years 1735 by the Swedish mineralogist chemist Georg Brandt, being the son of a pharmacist he dedicated himself to metallurgy and combined the two professions, helping his father, and later studying medicine. Cobalt being the first metal discovered in modern times, since it is located in nature together with other minerals such as nickel and iron.
By the name by which it was baptized, the miners associated it with the goblins who according to the legend stole the silver extracted from the excavations, its name in German is Kobald, which refers to spirits that live in houses, caves or under the land that was dedicated to housework.
Cobalt is a hard metal resistant to oxidation, with a bluish-white or bluish-gray color, in the periodic table we find it in group 9, symbol Co, with the atomic number 27. It is used in industrial materials, such as For example, aircraft turbines and gas pipes, in turn, are part of our daily life as they are present in rechargeable batteries, lithium, homemade paint, varnishto fix some colors, in some jewelry and porcelain, it is used in medicine, in some medicines and vitamins such as B12 and vegetarian food, in meats, onions, soy; thus helping the metabolism and red cells, it is clear that in recommended amounts such as 150/600 milligrams a day, although the exact amount is unknown, since high consumption of it can damage vision, sterility, thickness in the blood or death among others. Zaire Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco Canada, are the most important deposits of cobalt.
