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Cobalt(II) nitrate
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<p>Cobalt nitrate is the <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the formula Co<a href="/facts/Nitrate/5AnVlYnL">(NO3)</a>2.xH2O. It is a <a href="/facts/Cobalt/gqhScEw4">cobalt</a>(II) <a href="/facts/Salt_(chemistry)/lsSKwGpn">salt</a>. The most common form is the <a href="/facts/Water_of_hydration/sbaKJNJX">hexahydrate</a> Co(NO3)2·6H2O, which is a red-brown <a href="/facts/Deliquescent/1NBGewXv">deliquescent</a> salt that is soluble in water and other polar solvents. </p>