Cobalt
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Cobalt (Co) is a chemical element, a metal which occupies the atomic number 27 on the periodic table.
Cobalt is a good signal when mining for latinum crystals as they typically form near deposits of the metal. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)
When brought into contact with power rods cobalt created a reaction that would generate an explosion after fifteen minutes. In 2266 when the USS Enterprise was held hostage by a race of Robots, Captain James T. Kirk used this knowledge and placed one the Enterprise's power rods (which the Robots had demanded) in a cobalt container. Fifteen minutes later when the rod had been placed in the Robots' power unit it exploded, destroying the unit and in turn disabling the Robots. (TOS comic: "UK comic strips, first story arc")
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- Cobalt article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Cobalt article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
