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- Name : Molybdenum
- Symbol : Mo
- Atomic # : 42
- Atom weight: 95.94
- Melting P. : 2617
- Boiling P. : 4612
- Oxidation : +6
- Pronounced : meh-LIB-deh-nem
- From : Greek molybdos, "lead"
- Identified : Carl Welhelm Scheele in 1778
- Appearance : Silvery white, hard metal
- Note : Used extensively in warfare
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- [Properties]
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- Molybdenum can be described as a hard, silvery-white metal, but it is
- more often produced, stored, and used as a gray, powdery substance.
- Chemically it resembles a cross between chromium (Cr) and tungsten (W) -
- elements appearing directly above and below molybdenum on the periodic
- table of the elements.
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