42 Mo Molybdenum transition

Molybdenum

Atomic number 42

Symbol Mo

Category Transition

Crystal system Cubic

1 mineral in the collection

Discovered : Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1778), Peter Jacob Hjelm isolated it (1781).

Found in : Molybdenite, wulfenite, powellite.

Used for : High-strength steel, lubricants, aerospace, rifle barrels.

Remarkable : Molybdenum disulfide is one of the best solid lubricants known, used in spacecraft where liquid lubricants would evaporate.

Minerals containing Molybdenum

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