MOLYBDENUM, Mo (42)

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MOLYBDENUM

Mo (42)

məˈlɪbdɪnəm

PHONETICS

Molybdenum is a transition metal with an electronegativity of 2.16 on the Pauling scale and does not visibly react with oxygen or water at room temperature. The bulk oxidation occurs at temperatures above 600 °C, resulting in molybdenum trioxide.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1781 by Carl William Scheele, Sweden.

DISCOVERY

Greek, 'molybdos' meaning 'lead'.

ETYMOLOGY

Molybdenum

ELEMENT

Mo

SYMBOL

42

ATOMIC NUMBER

7439-98-7

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Grey

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.310

POISSON RATIO


9.332 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


1.50G Pa, 14.803'8k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


5.50

MOHS HARDNESS


1.53G Pa, 15.099'9k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


6,190 m/s, Mach 18.046'6

SPEED OF SOUND


230.00G Pa, 2.269'9M Atm

BULK MODULUS


20.00G Pa, 197.384'7k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


329.00G Pa, 3.247'0M Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

NONE

2,896.15 K, 2,623.00 °C

MELTING POINT


4,912.15 K, 4,639.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


139.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'004'8 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


251.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


36.000 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


600.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


20.00M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


50.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


0.915 K

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Paramagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'000'011'7

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'000'001'122'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'120'300'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Transition Metal

CLASSIFICATION


95.931'292'1

ATOMIC WEIGHT


190 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


138 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


121 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


113 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


209 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Kr]5s¹4d⁵

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Cubic, Body-centred

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


10.280'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


9.330'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


lm_3m

SPACE GROUP NAME


229

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 π/2

LATTICE ANGLES


314.7, 314.7 314.7 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

6

VALENCE


2.16

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


72.10 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000'5 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'12 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'9 %

SUN


0.000'11 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'051 %

OCEANS


0.000'01 %

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


4d⁵ = 4, 2, +2, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


5.710'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


2.480'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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ISOTOPIC CHAIN

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