It is used as a catalysts for the industrial process called?hydrodesulfurization. It is used to purify the cobalt from its ore & in qualitative inorganic analysis. It is used as a electrode material for lithium sulfur batteries, thermal batteries & lithium ion secondary batteries.
Cobalt Sulfideis used as a catalyst for hydrogenation or hydrodesulfurization reactions. Cobalt sulfide is found in nature as the mineral sycoporite.
Flammability and Explosibility
Not classified
Suspected carcinogen
with experimental tumorigenic data.
Mutation data reported. If dried at 300’C it
igmtes spontaneously in air. See also
COBALT COMPOUNDS and SULFIDES.
