Molybdenum

= hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Molybdenum =



**Symbol:** Mo

**Group number on the periodic table:** 42

**Period on the periodic table:** Period 5

**Who discovered this element?** Carl Wilhelm Scheele

**What year was this element found?** 1778

**State of the element at room temperature:** Solid

**Colour:** Silvery/white

**The atomic number and mass:** 95.94


 * Atomic Details **
 * Partical || Number ||
 * Protons || 42 ||
 * Neutrons || 54 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Electrons || <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">42 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Boiling and Melting Details **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Boiling Point || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Melting Point ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">4639°C || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2623°C ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Metal/Metalloid/Non-metal:** Metal


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Interesting facts about Molybdenum: **

hf <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. hh <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The human body contains about 0.07 mg of molybdenum per kilogram of weight. hf <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">4. hh <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">Molybdenum dusts and fumes can be toxic if ingested. hf <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. hh <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It has the sixth-highest melting point of any element.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Weak oxidation of molybdenum starts at 300°C.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">More than 43,000 tones of molybdenum are used as an alloying agent each year in stainless steels, tool steels, cast irons and high-temperature super alloys.