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cobalt-60

Summary

cobalt-60 is an isotope of cobalt[1]. cobalt-60 draws 599 Wikipedia views per month (isotope_of_cobalt category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • cobalt-60's image is recorded as Cobalt-60.jpg[3].
  • cobalt-60's image is recorded as Radioactive source Co-60, activity 370 kBq.jpg[4].
  • cobalt-60's instance of is recorded as isotope of cobalt[5].
  • cobalt-60's subclass of is recorded as boson[6].
  • cobalt-60's subclass of is recorded as cobalt[7].
  • cobalt-60's Commons category is recorded as Cobalt-60[8].
  • cobalt-60's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_dst2[9].
  • cobalt-60's decays to is recorded as nickel-60[10].
  • cobalt-60's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+27'}[11].
  • cobalt-60's spin quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+5.0'}[12].
  • cobalt-60's parity quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[13].
  • cobalt-60's neutron number is recorded as {'amount': '+33'}[14].
  • cobalt-60's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/cobalt-60[15].
  • cobalt-60's MCN code is recorded as 2844.40.20[16].
  • cobalt-60's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+59.933815667'}[17].
  • cobalt-60's half-life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1925.28'}[18].
  • cobalt-60's binding energy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28719934', 'amount': '+524805.96'}[19].
  • cobalt-60's mass excess is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28719934', 'amount': '-61650.309'}[20].
  • cobalt-60's Quora topic ID is recorded as Cobalt-60[21].
  • cobalt-60's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as natuurkunde-scheikunde-en-sterrenkunde/kobalt-60[22].
  • cobalt-60's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Isotope", "Cobalt60"][23].
  • cobalt-60's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 77241059[24].
  • cobalt-60's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C77241059[25].
  • cobalt-60's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/cobalt-60[26].
  • cobalt-60's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as physics-and-astronomy/cobalt-60[27].

Why It Matters

cobalt-60 draws 599 Wikipedia views per month (isotope_of_cobalt category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] cobalt-60 has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] cobalt-60 is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . NuDat. Retrieved . nndc.bnl.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . NuDat. Retrieved . nndc.bnl.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . NuDat. Retrieved . nndc.bnl.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . The AME2016 atomic mass evaluation (I). Evaluation of input data; and adjustment procedures. Retrieved . amdc.in2p3.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . NuDat. Retrieved . nndc.bnl.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . The AME2016 atomic mass evaluation (I). Evaluation of input data; and adjustment procedures. Retrieved . amdc.in2p3.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . The AME2016 atomic mass evaluation (I). Evaluation of input data; and adjustment procedures. Retrieved . amdc.in2p3.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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