Constituent Co(II)-phosphate | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: Co(II)-phosphate
Official name: Cobalt(II) phosphate

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: phosphate

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $(Co^{2+})_3 \cdot (PO_4^{3-})_2$
Chemical formula: Co3(PO4)2
Elemental formula: (Co2+)3 P2 O2 (O-)6
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Co^{2+}$	Cobaltous cation	element	3	0.6	1	constituent cation	main
	$(PO_4)^{3-}$	Phosphate anion	chemical function	2	0.4	1	anionic radical	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$(PO_4)^{3-}$	2

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot Co^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$	3
	$\dddot - \dddot - \dddot - P \dddot - O^{-3/4}$	4

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Phase type: crystalline

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 366.742 $g/mol$
Density: 3.81 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.7