cobaltous hydroxide: Meaning and Definition of

cobal'tous hydrox'ide

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  1. a rose-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, CoO&multiplydot;3HO, used chiefly in the preparation of cobalt salts and in the manufacture of paint and varnish driers.
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