{"id":10467,"date":"2026-09-21T08:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T00:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/am-material.com\/?p=10467"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:04:32","slug":"spherical-pure-co-powder-in-2026-properties-and-industrial-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/am-material.com\/ko\/news\/spherical-pure-co-powder-in-2026-properties-and-industrial-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Spherical Pure Co Powder in 2026: Properties and Industrial Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spherical pure Co powder<\/strong> is gas-atomized or PREP-produced elemental cobalt powder at 99.8-99.95 percent purity, supplied as free-flowing spherical particles in fractions from sub-25 um for MIM to 45-106 um for thermal spray and additive routes. Cobalt’s value lies in its combination of properties no common alternative matches: ferromagnetism with a Curie temperature of 1115 C, an HCP-to-FCC allotropic transition near 450 C, excellent high-temperature strength retention, and outstanding wetting and bonding behavior toward carbides and diamond. These characteristics make spherical cobalt powder the binder of choice for cemented carbides and diamond tools produced by powder-bed and MIM routes, a feedstock for wear-resistant thermal spray coatings, and a base material for magnetic, catalyst, and battery applications where morphology-controlled powder improves processing consistency over traditional irregular cobalt powder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\uc18d\uc131<\/th>\uac00\uce58<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
\uc7ac\ub8cc<\/td>Elemental cobalt, 99.8-99.95% purity<\/td><\/tr>
\ubc00\ub3c4<\/td>8.90 g\/cm3<\/td><\/tr>
\ub179\ub294\uc810<\/td>1495 C<\/td><\/tr>
\ud034\ub9ac \uc628\ub3c4<\/td>1115 C<\/td><\/tr>
Allotropic Transition (HCP-FCC)<\/td>~450 C<\/td><\/tr>
Typical Powder Size (MIM)<\/td>0-25 um<\/td><\/tr>
Typical Powder Size (spray\/AM)<\/td>15-45 um, 45-106 um<\/td><\/tr>
\uad6c\ud615\uc131<\/td>>= 0.90 (GA)<\/td><\/tr>
\uc8fc\uc694 \uc7a5\uc810<\/td>Magnetic, thermal, and wetting properties in flowable spherical form<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What Is Spherical Pure Co Powder and Its Key Characteristics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spherical pure Co powder<\/strong> ~\uc5d0 \uc18d\ud55c\ub2e4 \uc21c\uc218 \uae08\uc18d \ubd84\ub9d0<\/a> family and is elemental cobalt converted to spherical particles by atomization rather than the chemical reduction that produces conventional irregular cobalt powder. The morphological upgrade is the point of the product: spherical particles flow predictably through hoppers, feeders, and recoaters, pack to higher and more uniform density, and dose consistently in automated blending, which matters in every process from MIM feedstock formulation to thermal spray feeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The underlying material characteristics that drive cobalt demand include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n