Gorzelsky,+Gina

====A brittle, hard, transition metal would be Cobalt. It has magnetic properties like iron. It is an artificially produced isotope used as a source of high energy radiation. ====

Atomic Weight: 58.933195 amu
====Melting Point: 1,495 degrees celsuis or 2723 degrees farenheit ==== ====Boiling Point: 2927 degrees celsius or 5,301 degrees farenheit ====

Electrons: 32
====Cobalt is used in magent steels and stainless steels. Compounds of cobalt are used as paint pigments. It is also used in jet turbines and gas turbine generators. ==== ====Salts are used in brilliant permanent colors in glass, pottery, tiles, enamels and porcelain. Cobalt was discovered by Georg Brandt in 1735-1739 in Sweden. ==== ====Cobalt came from the German word "kobold" meaning "goblin" or evil spirit, [|so called by miners because it was poisonous.] It was always used in therapies. ====