Cobalt nitrate is a salt of nitric acid formed from the cobalt cation and the nitrate anion. The red-brown and hygroscopic salt is usually as hexahydrate and forms monoclinic crystals , which in water, ethanol and other organic solvents are readily soluble.
C 2415 (OTTO) Cobalt nitrate, 98% Cas 10026-22-9 - used in the preparation of dyes and inks. C 2415 (OTTO) Cobalt nitrate, 98% Cas 10026-22-9 - used as a battery additive, in the manufacture of cobalt pigments and invisible inks.