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Coltan vs Cobalt - What's the difference?

coltan | cobalt |

As nouns the difference between coltan and cobalt

is that coltan is a metallic ore from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted while cobalt is a chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27.

As a proper noun Cobalt is

a village in Connecticut.

coltan

English

(wikipedia coltan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A metallic ore from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.

    • Synonyms

    * columbite-tantalite

    Anagrams

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    cobalt

    English

    (wikipedia cobalt)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27.
  • Cobalt blue.

    • Derived terms

    * cobalamin * cobaltamine * cobaltammine * cobalt-bicarbonate method * cobalt-bloom * cobalt blue * cobalt bomb * cobalt-bronze * cobalt chloride * cobalt crust * cobalt dichloride * cobalt difluoride * cobalt fluoride * cobalt-glance * cobalt green * cobalti- * cobaltic * cobaltiferous * cobaltine * cobaltite * cobalto- * cobaltous * cobalt oxide * cobalt-pyrites * cobalt red * cobalt-sixty * cobalt-speiss * cobalt ultramarine * cobalt violet * cobalt-vitriol * cobalt yellow * cobamide * cobinamide * earthy cobalt * gray cobalt * grey cobalt * radiocobalt * red cobalt * samarium-cobalt magnet * silver-white cobalt * tin-white cobalt

    See also

    * asbolan, asbolite * erythrite * glaucodot * skutterudite * smaltine ----