Cobalt Chloride Dihydrate

Cobalt Chloride Dihydrate

compound
CoH4Cl2O2

The purple crystal that turns pink when it absorbs moisture from the air

Chemistry teachers use cobalt chloride as a humidity indicator — it shifts from blue to pink as it soaks up water.

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityCobalt chloride dihydrate — C2/m
FormulaCoH4Cl2O2
Crystal systemmonoclinic
Space groupC 1 2/m 1
Lattice (a, b, c) Å7.2069, 8.4978, 3.5639
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 97.6, 90
Density (g/cm³)2.546

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)