Cobalt lactate is a chemical compound, a salt of cobalt and lactic acid with the formula Co(C3H5O3)2.
Properties Cobalt lactate forms a peach-blossom red salt. It is soluble in water.
When heated, the compound becomes black, takes fire, and leaves cobalt oxide.
Synthesis Cobalt lactate can be formed by boiling hydrated oxide of cobalt with lactic acid.
Use Cobalt lactate is used as a ruminal source of cobalt in a high-forage total mixed ration fed to late-lactation dairy cows.
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