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[[File:Mo.png|200px|thumb|Figure 1. Molybdenum, with [[atomic number]] 42 and [[atomic weight]] of 95.95.<ref>Made internally by a member of the Energy Education team.</ref>]]
<onlyinclude>'''Molybdenum''' is the 42nd [[element]] on the [[periodic table of elements]], and has the sixth highest melting melting point of all the elements.</onlyinclude><ref name=info>Royal Society of Chemistry Periodic Table, ''Molybdenum'' [Online], Available: http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/42/molybdenum</ref> Some of its properties are listed below:<ref name=info/>

{| class="wikitable"
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| '''[[Atomic weight]]''' || 95.95
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| '''[[Density]]''' (at 0oC) || 10.2 [[gram|g]]/cm3
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| '''[[Boiling point]]''' || 4912 [[Kelvin|K]]
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| '''[[Melting point]]''' || 2895 K
|}

Molybdenum is a shiny, silvery, transition metal. It can primarily be found in molybdenite [[ore]]. Molybdenum is an important element in over fifty different enzymes used by plants and animals.<ref name=info/>

==Molybdenum Uses==
[[File:Molybdenum crystaline fragment and 1cm3 cube.jpg|thumb|right|Figure 2. Molybdenum metal, crystalline and processed. <ref>Wikimedia Commons. "File:Molybdenum crystaline fragment and 1cm3 cube.jpg" [Online] Available: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Molybdenum_crystaline_fragment_and_1cm3_cube.jpg </ref>]]
Molybdenum is mostly used to make [[alloy]]s, especially for items that are subjected to high [[heat]] (e.g. [[boiler]]s). It is often used to make [[steel]] alloys for [[engine]] parts, heating elements, drills, and saw blades. Molybdenum-steel alloys have increased strength, [[hardness]], ppelectrical conductivity]], and [[corrosion]]-resistance over regular steel. Molybdenum is used in several superalloys (alloys that excel at multiple desirable characteristics, such as high strength, corrosion resistance, etc.).<ref name=info/>

Molybdenum compounds are used as a [[lubricant]] additives, [[petroleum]] [[catalyst]]s, circuit board inks, pigments, and [[electrode]]s.<ref name=info/>

==Isotopes==
Molybdenum has seven [[isotope]]s found in nature:<ref name=info/>
{| class="wikitable"
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!Symbol!!Natural Abundance
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| 92Mo || 14.53%
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| 94Mo || 9.15%
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| 95Mo || 15.8%
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| 96Mo || 16.67%
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| 97Mo || 9.60%
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| 98Mo || 24.39%
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| 100Mo || 9.82%
|}

==Video==
The video below is from the University of Nottingham's [http://www.periodicvideos.com/ periodic videos project].<ref>See more videos from the University of Nottingham on different elements here: http://www.periodicvideos.com/</ref> They have created a complete suite of short videos on every element on the [[periodic table of elements]].

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==For Further Reading==
*[[Periodic table of elements]]
*[[Metal]]
*[[Alloy]]
*[[Catalyst]]
*Or explore a [[Special:Random|random page]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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