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==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==

===Physical properties===
===Physical properties===
In its pure form, molybdenum is a silvery-grey metal with a [[Mohs scale of mineral hardness|Mohs hardness]] of 5.5. It has a [[melting point]] of {{convert|2623|°C|°F}}; of the naturally occurring elements, only [[tantalum]], [[osmium]], [[rhenium]], [[tungsten]], and [[carbon]] have higher melting points.<ref name="CRCdescription" /> Weak oxidation of molybdenum starts at 300 °C. It has one of the lowest coefficients of [[thermal expansion]] among commercially used metals.<ref name="nbb">{{cite book|last = Emsley|first = John|title = Nature's Building Blocks|url=http://books.google.com/?id=j-Xu07p3cKwC&pg=PA265|publisher = Oxford University Press|year= 2001|location = Oxford|pages = 262–266|isbn =0-19-850341-5}}</ref> The [[tensile strength]] of molybdenum wires increases about 3 times, from about 10 to 30&nbsp;GPa, when their diameter decreases from ~50–100&nbsp;nm to 10&nbsp;nm.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1088/1468-6996/10/4/045004|title=Inherent tensile strength of molybdenum nanocrystals|year=2009|last1=Shpak|first1=Anatoly P|first2=Sergiy O|first3=Tatjana I|first4=Igor M|journal=Science and Technology of Advanced Materials|volume=10|page=045004|last2=Kotrechko|last3=Mazilova|last4=Mikhailovskij|bibcode=2009STAdM..10d5004S|issue=4}}</ref>
In its pure form, molybdenum is a silvery-grey metal with a [[Mohs scale of mineral hardness|Mohs hardness]] of 5.5. It has a [[melting point]] of {{convert|2623|°C|°F}}; of the naturally occurring elements, only [[tantalum]], [[osmium]], [[rhenium]], [[tungsten]], and [[carbon]] have higher melting points.<ref name="CRCdescription" /> Weak oxidation of molybdenum starts at 300 °C. It has one of the lowest coefficients of [[thermal expansion]] among commercially used metals.<ref name="nbb">{{cite book|last = Emsley|first = John|title = Nature's Building Blocks|url=http://books.google.com/?id=j-Xu07p3cKwC&pg=PA265|publisher = Oxford University Press|year= 2001|location = Oxford|pages = 262–266|isbn =0-19-850341-5}}</ref> The [[tensile strength]] of molybdenum wires increases about 3 times, from about 10 to 30&nbsp;GPa, when their diameter decreases from ~50–100&nbsp;nm to 10&nbsp;nm.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1088/1468-6996/10/4/045004|title=Inherent tensile strength of molybdenum nanocrystals|year=2009|last1=Shpak|first1=Anatoly P|first2=Sergiy O|first3=Tatjana I|first4=Igor M|journal=Science and Technology of Advanced Materials|volume=10|page=045004|last2=Kotrechko|last3=Mazilova|last4=Mikhailovskij|bibcode=2009STAdM..10d5004S|issue=4}}</ref>
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Copper, an impurity in molybdenite, is less soluble in ammonia. To completely remove it from the solution, it is precipitated with [[hydrogen sulfide]].<ref name="Holl"/>
Copper, an impurity in molybdenite, is less soluble in ammonia. To completely remove it from the solution, it is precipitated with [[hydrogen sulfide]].<ref name="Holl"/>


Pure molybdenum is produced by reduction of the oxide with hydrogen, while the molybdenum for steel production is reduced by the [[aluminothermic reaction]] with addition of iron to produce [[ferromolybdenum]]. A common form of ferromolybdenum contains 60% molybdenum.<ref>{{cite book|last = Gupta|first = C. K.|title = Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum|publisher = CRC Press|year= 1992|pages = 1–2|isbn = 978-0-8493-4758-0}}</ref><ref name="Holl">{{cite book|publisher = Walter de Gruyter|year = 1985|edition = 91–100|pages = 1096–1104|isbn = 3-11-007511-3|title = Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie|author=Holleman, Arnold F.; Wiberg, Egon; Wiberg, Nils}}</ref>
Pure molybdenum is produced by reduction of the oxide with hydrogen, while the molybdenum for steel production is reduced by the [[aluminothermic reaction]] with addition of iron to produce [[ferromolybdenum]]. A common form of ferromolybdenum contains 60% molybdenum.<ref name="Holl">{{cite book|publisher = Walter de Gruyter|year = 1985|edition = 91–100|pages = 1096–1104|isbn = 3-11-007511-3|title = Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie|author=Holleman, Arnold F.; Wiberg, Egon; Wiberg, Nils}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last = Gupta|first = C. K.|title = Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum|publisher = CRC Press|year= 1992|pages = 1–2|isbn = 978-0-8493-4758-0}}</ref>


Molybdenum has a value of approximately $30,000 per [[tonne]] as of August 2009. It maintained a price at or near $10,000 per tonne from 1997 through 2003, and reached, due to increased demand, a peak of $103,000 per tonne in June 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title = Dynamic Prices and Charts for Molybdenum|publisher = InfoMine Inc.|year=2007|url = http://www.infomine.com/investment/charts.aspx?c=molybdenum&u=mt&submit1=Display+Chart&x=usd&r=15y#chart|accessdate = 2007-05-07}}</ref> In 2008 the [[London Metal Exchange]] announced that molybdenum would be traded as a commodity on the exchange.<ref>{{cite web |title=LME to launch minor metals contracts in H2 2009 |url=http://lme.com/6241.asp |date = 2008-09-04 |publisher = London Metal Exchange |accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref>
Molybdenum has a value of approximately $30,000 per [[tonne]] as of August 2009. It maintained a price at or near $10,000 per tonne from 1997 through 2003, and reached, due to increased demand, a peak of $103,000 per tonne in June 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title = Dynamic Prices and Charts for Molybdenum|publisher = InfoMine Inc.|year=2007|url = http://www.infomine.com/investment/charts.aspx?c=molybdenum&u=mt&submit1=Display+Chart&x=usd&r=15y#chart|accessdate = 2007-05-07}}</ref> In 2008 the [[London Metal Exchange]] announced that molybdenum would be traded as a commodity on the exchange.<ref>{{cite web |title=LME to launch minor metals contracts in H2 2009 |url=http://lme.com/6241.asp |date = 2008-09-04 |publisher = London Metal Exchange |accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref>


==Applications==
==Applications==

===Alloys===
===Alloys===
About 86% of molybdenum produced is used in metallurgical applications such as alloys, with the rest of molybdenum used as compounds in chemical applications. Estimated fractional global industrial use of molybdenum is structural steel 35%, [[stainless steel]] 25%, chemicals 14%, tool & high-speed steels 9%, [[cast iron]] 6%, molybdenum elemental metal 6%, and [[superalloy]]s, 5%.<ref>[http://www.lme.com/minormetals/6782.asp Pie chart of world Mo uses]. London Metal Exchange.</ref>
About 86% of molybdenum produced is used in metallurgical applications such as alloys, with the rest of molybdenum used as compounds in chemical applications. Estimated fractional global industrial use of molybdenum is structural steel 35%, [[stainless steel]] 25%, chemicals 14%, tool & high-speed steels 9%, [[cast iron]] 6%, molybdenum elemental metal 6%, and [[superalloy]]s, 5%.<ref>[http://www.lme.com/minormetals/6782.asp Pie chart of world Mo uses]. London Metal Exchange.</ref>
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==Biological role==
==Biological role==

===Biochemistry===
===Biochemistry===
The most important role of the molybdenum in living organisms is as a metal [[heteroatom]] at the active site in certain enzymes. In [[nitrogen fixation]] in certain bacteria, the [[nitrogenase]] enzyme, which is involved in the terminal step of reducing molecular nitrogen, usually contains molybdenum in the active site (though replacement of Mo with iron or vanadium is also known). The structure of the catalytic center of the enzyme is similar to that in [[iron-sulfur protein]]s: it incorporates a Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>3</sub> and multiple MoFe<sub>3</sub>S<sub>3</sub> clusters.<ref>{{cite journal|title = A newly discovered role for iron-sulfur clusters|first=Patricia C.|last = Dos Santos|coauthor=Dean, Dennis R.| doi = 10.1073/pnas.0805713105| journal=PNAS| year=2008|volume=105|pages=11589–11590 |pmid = 18697949| last1 = Dos Santos|first1 = Patricia C.|last2 = Dean|first2 = Dennis R.|issue = 33|pmc = 2575256|bibcode = 2008PNAS..10511589D }}</ref>
The most important role of the molybdenum in living organisms is as a metal [[heteroatom]] at the active site in certain enzymes. In [[nitrogen fixation]] in certain bacteria, the [[nitrogenase]] enzyme, which is involved in the terminal step of reducing molecular nitrogen, usually contains molybdenum in the active site (though replacement of Mo with iron or vanadium is also known). The structure of the catalytic center of the enzyme is similar to that in [[iron-sulfur protein]]s: it incorporates a Fe<sub>4</sub>S<sub>3</sub> and multiple MoFe<sub>3</sub>S<sub>3</sub> clusters.<ref>{{cite journal|title = A newly discovered role for iron-sulfur clusters|first=Patricia C.|last = Dos Santos|coauthor=Dean, Dennis R.| doi = 10.1073/pnas.0805713105| journal=PNAS| year=2008|volume=105|pages=11589–11590 |pmid = 18697949| last1 = Dos Santos|first1 = Patricia C.|last2 = Dean|first2 = Dennis R.|issue = 33|pmc = 2575256|bibcode = 2008PNAS..10511589D }}</ref>
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High levels of molybdenum can interfere with the body's uptake of [[copper]], producing copper deficiency. Molybdenum prevents plasma proteins from binding to copper, and it also increases the amount of copper that is excreted in [[urine]]. [[Ruminant]]s that consume high amounts of molybdenum develop symptoms including [[diarrhea]], stunted growth, [[anemia]] and [[achromotrichia]] (loss of hair pigment). These symptoms can be alleviated by the administration of more copper into the system, both in dietary form and by injection.<ref name="suttle">{{cite journal|last = Suttle|first = N. F.|title = Recent studies of the copper-molybdenum antagonism|journal = Proceedings of the Nutrition Society|volume = 33|issue = 3|pages = 299–305|publisher = CABI Publishing|year= 1974|doi = 10.1079/PNS19740053|pmid = 4617883}}</ref> The condition, as an effective copper deficiency, can be aggravated by excess [[sulfur]].<ref name="Nostrand" /><ref>Hauer, Gerald [http://www.bisoncentre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=256 Copper deficiency in cattle]. Bison Producers of Alberta. Accessed Dec. 16, 2010.</ref>
High levels of molybdenum can interfere with the body's uptake of [[copper]], producing copper deficiency. Molybdenum prevents plasma proteins from binding to copper, and it also increases the amount of copper that is excreted in [[urine]]. [[Ruminant]]s that consume high amounts of molybdenum develop symptoms including [[diarrhea]], stunted growth, [[anemia]] and [[achromotrichia]] (loss of hair pigment). These symptoms can be alleviated by the administration of more copper into the system, both in dietary form and by injection.<ref name="suttle">{{cite journal|last = Suttle|first = N. F.|title = Recent studies of the copper-molybdenum antagonism|journal = Proceedings of the Nutrition Society|volume = 33|issue = 3|pages = 299–305|publisher = CABI Publishing|year= 1974|doi = 10.1079/PNS19740053|pmid = 4617883}}</ref> The condition, as an effective copper deficiency, can be aggravated by excess [[sulfur]].<ref name="Nostrand" /><ref>Hauer, Gerald [http://www.bisoncentre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=256 Copper deficiency in cattle]. Bison Producers of Alberta. Accessed Dec. 16, 2010.</ref>


Copper reduction or deficiency can also be deliberately induced for therapeutic purposes by the compound [[ammonium tetrathiomolybdate]], in which the bright red anion '''tetrathiomolybdate''' is the copper-chelating agent. Tetrathiomolybdate was first used therapeutically in the treatment of [[copper toxicosis]] in animals. It was then introduced as a treatment in [[Wilson's disease]], a hereditary copper metabolism disorder in humans; it acts both by competing with copper absorption in the bowel and by increasing excretion. It has also been found to have an inhibitory effect on [[angiogenesis]], potentially via the inhibition of copper ion dependent membrane translocation process invovling a non-classical secretion pathway.<ref>{{cite journal|author = Nickel, W|title = The Mystery of nonclassical protein secretion, a current view on cargo proteins and potential export routes|journal = [[Eur. J. Biochem.]]|year = 2003|volume = 270|pages = 2109–2119|doi = 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03577.x|pmid=12752430|issue = 10}}</ref> This makes it an interesting investigatory treatment for [[cancer]], [[age-related macular degeneration]], and other diseases featuring excessive blood vessel deposition.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Brewer GJ ''et al.'' |title=Treatment of Wilson disease with ammonium tetrathiomolybdate: III. Initial therapy in a total of 55 neurologically affected patients and follow-up with zinc therapy |journal=Arch Neurol |year=2003 |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=379–85 |pmid=12633149 |doi=10.1001/archneur.60.3.379}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|pmid=10656425|year=2000|last1=Brewer|first1=GJ|last2=Dick|first2=RD|last3=Grover|first3=DK|last4=Leclaire|first4=V|last5=Tseng|first5=M|last6=Wicha|first6=M|last7=Pienta|first7=K|last8=Redman|first8=BG|last9=Jahan|first9=T|title=Treatment of metastatic cancer with tetrathiomolybdate, an anticopper, antiangiogenic agent: Phase I study|volume=6|issue=1|pages=1–10|journal=Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research}}</ref>
Copper reduction or deficiency can also be deliberately induced for therapeutic purposes by the compound [[ammonium tetrathiomolybdate]], in which the bright red anion '''tetrathiomolybdate''' is the copper-chelating agent. Tetrathiomolybdate was first used therapeutically in the treatment of [[copper toxicosis]] in animals. It was then introduced as a treatment in [[Wilson's disease]], a hereditary copper metabolism disorder in humans; it acts both by competing with copper absorption in the bowel and by increasing excretion. It has also been found to have an inhibitory effect on [[angiogenesis]], potentially via the inhibition of copper ion dependent membrane translocation process involving a non-classical secretion pathway.<ref>{{cite journal|author = Nickel, W|title = The Mystery of nonclassical protein secretion, a current view on cargo proteins and potential export routes|journal = [[Eur. J. Biochem.]]|year = 2003|volume = 270|pages = 2109–2119|doi = 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03577.x|pmid=12752430|issue = 10}}</ref> This makes it an interesting investigatory treatment for [[cancer]], [[age-related macular degeneration]], and other diseases featuring excessive blood vessel deposition.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Brewer GJ ''et al.'' |title=Treatment of Wilson disease with ammonium tetrathiomolybdate: III. Initial therapy in a total of 55 neurologically affected patients and follow-up with zinc therapy |journal=Arch Neurol |year=2003 |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=379–85 |pmid=12633149 |doi=10.1001/archneur.60.3.379}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|pmid=10656425|year=2000|last1=Brewer|first1=GJ|last2=Dick|first2=RD|last3=Grover|first3=DK|last4=Leclaire|first4=V|last5=Tseng|first5=M|last6=Wicha|first6=M|last7=Pienta|first7=K|last8=Redman|first8=BG|last9=Jahan|first9=T|title=Treatment of metastatic cancer with tetrathiomolybdate, an anticopper, antiangiogenic agent: Phase I study|volume=6|issue=1|pages=1–10|journal=Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research}}</ref>


==Precautions==
==Precautions==
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Molybdenum, 42Mo
Molybdenum
Pronunciation/məˈlɪbdənəm/ ​(mə-LIB-də-nəm)
Appearancegray metallic
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Mo)
Molybdenum in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson
Cr
↑
Mo
↓
W
niobium ← molybdenum → technetium
Atomic number (Z)42
Groupgroup 6
Periodperiod 5
Block  d-block
Electron configuration[Kr] 4d5 5s1
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 13, 1
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Melting point2896 K ​(2623 °C, ​4753 °F)
Boiling point4912 K ​(4639 °C, ​8382 °F)
Density (at 20° C)10.223 g/cm3[3]
when liquid (at m.p.)9.33 g/cm3
Heat of fusion37.48 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization598 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity24.06 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 2742 2994 3312 3707 4212 4879
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: +4, +6
−4,? −2,[4] −1,[4] 0,? +1,[4] +2,[4] +3,[4] +5[4]
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 2.16
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 684.3 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 1560 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 2618 kJ/mol
Atomic radiusempirical: 139 pm
Covalent radius154±5 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of molybdenum
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structure ​body-centered cubic (bcc) (cI2)
Lattice constant
Body-centered cubic crystal structure for molybdenum
a = 314.71 pm (at 20 °C)[3]
Thermal expansion5.10×10−6/K (at 20 °C)[3]
Thermal conductivity138 W/(m⋅K)
Thermal diffusivity54.3 mm2/s (at 300 K)[5]
Electrical resistivity53.4 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic orderingparamagnetic[6]
Molar magnetic susceptibility+89.0×10−6 cm3/mol (298 K)[7]
Young's modulus329 GPa
Shear modulus126 GPa
Bulk modulus230 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod5400 m/s (at r.t.)
Poisson ratio0.31
Mohs hardness5.5
Vickers hardness1400–2740 MPa
Brinell hardness1370–2500 MPa
CAS Number7439-98-7
History
DiscoveryCarl Wilhelm Scheele (1778)
First isolationPeter Jacob Hjelm (1781)
Isotopes of molybdenum
Main isotopes[8] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
92Mo 14.7% stable
93Mo synth 4839 y[9] ε 93Nb
94Mo 9.19% stable
95Mo 15.9% stable
96Mo 16.7% stable
97Mo 9.58% stable
98Mo 24.3% stable
99Mo synth 65.94 h β− 99mTc
γ –
100Mo 9.74% 7.07×1018 y[8] β−β− 100Ru
 Category: Molybdenum
| references

Molybdenum (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˌmɒlɪbˈdiːnəm/ MOL-ib-DEE-nəm or /məˈlɪbd[invalid input: 'ɨ']nəm/ mə-LIB-di-nəm), is a Group 6 chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin Molybdaenum, from Ancient Greek Μόλυβδος molybdos, meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lead ores.[10] Molybdenum minerals have been known into prehistory, but the element was "discovered" (in the sense of differentiating it as a new entity from the mineral salts of other metals) in 1778 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. The metal was first isolated in 1781 by Peter Jacob Hjelm.

Molybdenum does not occur naturally as a free metal on Earth, but rather in various oxidation states in minerals. The free element, which is a silvery metal with a gray cast, has the sixth-highest melting point of any element. It readily forms hard, stable carbides in alloys, and for this reason most of world production of the element (about 80%) is in making many types of steel alloys, including high strength alloys and superalloys.

Most molybdenum compounds have low solubility in water, but the molybdate ion MoO42− is soluble and forms when molybdenum-containing minerals are in contact with oxygen and water. Industrially, molybdenum compounds (about 14% of world production of the element) are used in high-pressure and high-temperature applications, as pigments and catalysts.

Molybdenum-containing enzymes are by far the most common catalysts used by some bacteria to break the chemical bond in atmospheric molecular nitrogen, allowing biological nitrogen fixation. At least 50 molybdenum-containing enzymes are now known in bacteria and animals, although only bacterial and cyanobacterial enzymes are involved in nitrogen fixation, and these nitrogenases contain molybdenum in a different form from the rest. Owing to the diverse functions of the various other types of molybdenum enzymes, molybdenum is a required element for life in all higher organisms (eukaryotes), though not in all bacteria.

Characteristics

Physical properties

In its pure form, molybdenum is a silvery-grey metal with a Mohs hardness of 5.5. It has a melting point of 2,623 °C (4,753 °F); of the naturally occurring elements, only tantalum, osmium, rhenium, tungsten, and carbon have higher melting points.[10] Weak oxidation of molybdenum starts at 300 °C. It has one of the lowest coefficients of thermal expansion among commercially used metals.[11] The tensile strength of molybdenum wires increases about 3 times, from about 10 to 30 GPa, when their diameter decreases from ~50–100 nm to 10 nm.[12]

Isotopes

Main article: Isotopes of molybdenum

There are 35 known isotopes of molybdenum, ranging in atomic mass from 83 to 117, as well as four metastable nuclear isomers. Seven isotopes occur naturally, with atomic masses of 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, and 100. Of these naturally occurring isotopes, only molybdenum-100 is unstable.[13] All unstable isotopes of molybdenum decay into isotopes of niobium, technetium, and ruthenium.[14]

Molybdenum-98 is the most abundant isotope, comprising 24.14% of all molybdenum. Molybdenum-100 has a half-life of about 1019 y and undergoes double beta decay into ruthenium-100. Molybdenum isotopes with mass numbers from 111 to 117 all have half-lives of approximately 150 ns.[13][14]

As also noted below, the most common isotopic molybdenum application involves molybdenum-99, which is a fission product. It is a parent radioisotope to the short-lived gamma-emitting daughter radioisotope technetium-99m, a nuclear isomer used in various imaging applications in medicine.[15] In 2008, the Delft University of Technology applied for a patent on the molybdenum-98-based production of molybdenum-99[16]

Compounds and chemistry

See also: Category:Molybdenum compounds
Oxidation
state 		Example[17]
−2 Na
2[Mo
2(CO)
10]
0 Mo(CO)
6
+1 Na[C
6H
6Mo]
+2 MoCl
2
+3 Na
3[Mo(CN)]
6
+4 MoS
2
+5 MoCl
5
+6 MoF
6
Keggin structure of the phosphomolybdate anion (P[Mo12O40]3−), an example of a polyoxometalate

Molybdenum is a transition metal with an electronegativity of 2.16 on the Pauling scale and a standard atomic weight of 95.96 g/mol.[18] It does not visibly react with oxygen or water at room temperature, and the bulk oxidation occurs at temperatures above 600 °C, resulting in molybdenum trioxide:

2 Mo + 3 O
2 → 2 MoO
3

The trioxide is volatile and sublimates at high temperatures. This prevents formation of a continuous protective oxide layer, which would stop the bulk oxidation of metal.[19] Molybdenum has several oxidation states, the most stable being +4 and +6 (bolded in the table). The chemistry and the compounds show more similarity to those of tungsten than that of chromium. An example is the instability of molybdenum(III) and tungsten(III) compounds as compared with the stability of the chromium(III) compounds. The highest oxidation state is common in the molybdenum(VI) oxide (MoO3), whereas the normal sulfur compound is molybdenum disulfide MoS2.[20]

Molybdenum(VI) oxide is soluble in strong alkaline water, forming molybdates (MoO42−). Molybdates are weaker oxidants than chromates, but they show a similar tendency to form complex oxyanions by condensation at lower pH values, such as [Mo7O24]6− and [Mo8O26]4−. Polymolybdates can incorporate other ions into their structure, forming polyoxometalates.[21] The dark-blue phosphorus-containing heteropolymolybdate P[Mo12O40]3− is used for the spectroscopic detection of phosphorus.[22] The broad range of oxidation states of molybdenum is reflected in various molybdenum chlorides:[20]

The structure of the MoCl2 is composed of Mo6Cl84+ clusters with four chloride ions to compensate the charge.[20]

Like chromium and some other transition metals, molybdenum is able to form quadruple bonds, such as in Mo2(CH3COO)4. This compound can be transformed into Mo2Cl84−, which also has a quadruple bond.[20]

The oxidation state 0 is possible with carbon monoxide as ligand, such as in molybdenum hexacarbonyl, Mo(CO)6.[20]

History

Molybdenite—the principal ore from which molybdenum is now extracted—was previously known as molybdena. Molybdena was confused with and often utilized as though it were graphite. Like graphite, molybdenite can be used to blacken a surface or as a solid lubricant.[23] Even when molybdena was distinguishable from graphite, it was still confused with the common lead ore PbS (now called galena); the name comes from Ancient Greek Μόλυβδος molybdos, meaning lead.[11] (The Greek word itself has been proposed as a loanword from Anatolian Luvian and Lydian languages).[24]

Although apparent deliberate alloying of molybdenum with steel in one 14th-century Japanese sword (mfd. ca. 1330) has been reported, that art was never employed widely and was later lost.[25][26] In in the West in 1754, Bengt Andersson Qvist examined molybdenite and determined that it did not contain lead, and thus was not the same as galena.[27]

By 1778 Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele stated firmly that molybdena was (indeed) not galena nor graphite.[28][29] Instead, Scheele went further and correctly proposed that molybdena was an ore of a distinct new element, named molybdenum for the mineral in which it resided, and from which it might be isolated. Peter Jacob Hjelm successfully isolated molybdenum by using carbon and linseed oil in 1781.[11][30]

For about a century after its isolation, molybdenum had no industrial use, owing to its relative scarcity, difficulty extracting the pure metal, and the immaturity of appropriate metallurgical techniques.[31][32][33] Early molybdenum steel alloys showed great promise in their increased hardness, but efforts to manufacture them on a large scale were hampered by inconsistent results and a tendency toward brittleness and recrystallization. In 1906, William D. Coolidge filed a patent for rendering molybdenum ductile, leading to its use as a heating element for high-temperature furnaces and as a support for tungsten-filament light bulbs; oxide formation and degradation require that molybdenum be physically sealed or held in an inert gas.[34] In 1913, Frank E. Elmore developed a flotation process to recover molybdenite from ores; flotation remains the primary isolation process[35]

During the first World War, demand for molybdenum spiked; it was used both in armor plating and as a substitute for tungsten in high speed steels. Some British tanks were protected by 75 mm (3 in) manganese steel plating, but this proved to be ineffective. The manganese steel plates were replaced with 25 mm (1 in) molybdenum-steel plating allowing for higher speed, greater maneuverability, and better protection.[11] After the war, demand plummeted until metallurgical advances allowed extensive development of peacetime applications. In World War II, molybdenum again saw strategic importance as a substitute for tungsten in steel alloys.[36]

Occurrence

Lustrous, silvery, flat, hexagonal crystals in roughly parallel layers sit flowerlike on a rough, translucent crystalline piece of quartz.
Molybdenite on quartz

Molybdenum is the 54th most abundant element in the Earth's crust and the 25th most abundant element in the oceans, with an average of 10 parts per billion; it is the 42nd most abundant element in the Universe.[11][37] The Russian Luna 24 mission discovered a molybdenum-bearing grain (1 × 0.6 µm) in a pyroxene fragment taken from Mare Crisium on the Moon.[38]

The comparative rarity of molybdenum in the Earth's crust is offset by its concentration in a number of water-insoluble ores, often combined with sulfur, in the same way as copper, with which it is often found. Though molybdenum is found in such minerals as wulfenite (PbMoO4) and powellite (CaMoO4), the main commercial source of molybdenum is molybdenite (MoS2). Molybdenum is mined as a principal ore, and is also recovered as a byproduct of copper and tungsten mining.[10]

Historically, the Knaben mine in southern Norway, opened in 1885, was the first dedicated molybdenum mine. It closed from 1973–2007, but is now reopened.[39] Large mines in Colorado (such as the Henderson mine and the Climax mine)[40] and in British Columbia yield molybdenite as their primary product, while many porphyry copper deposits such as the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah and the Chuquicamata mine in northern Chile produce molybdenum as a byproduct of copper mining.

Molybdenum output in 2005

The world's production of molybdenum was 250,000 tonnes in 2011, the largest producers being China (94,000 t), United States (64,000 t), Chile (38,000 t), Peru (18,000 t) and Mexico (12,000 t). The total reserves are estimated at 10 million tonnes, and are mostly concentrated in China (4.3 mt), US (2.7 mt) and Chile (1.2 mt). By continent, 93% of world molybdenum production is about evenly split between North America, South America (mainly in Chile), and China. Europe and the rest of Asia (mostly Armenia, Russia, Iran and Mongolia) produce the remainder.[41]

Production of the metal

In molybdenite processing, the molybdenite is first heated to a temperature of 700 °C (1,292 °F) and the sulfide is oxidized into molybdenum(VI) oxide by air:[20]

2 MoS2 + 7 O2 → 2 MoO3 + 4 SO2

The oxidized ore is then either heated to 1,100 °C (2,010 °F) to sublimate the oxide, or leached with ammonia which reacts with the molybdenum(VI) oxide to form water-soluble molybdates:

MoO3 + 2 NH4OH → (NH4)2(MoO4) + H2O

Copper, an impurity in molybdenite, is less soluble in ammonia. To completely remove it from the solution, it is precipitated with hydrogen sulfide.[20]

Pure molybdenum is produced by reduction of the oxide with hydrogen, while the molybdenum for steel production is reduced by the aluminothermic reaction with addition of iron to produce ferromolybdenum. A common form of ferromolybdenum contains 60% molybdenum.[20][42]

Molybdenum has a value of approximately $30,000 per tonne as of August 2009. It maintained a price at or near $10,000 per tonne from 1997 through 2003, and reached, due to increased demand, a peak of $103,000 per tonne in June 2005.[43] In 2008 the London Metal Exchange announced that molybdenum would be traded as a commodity on the exchange.[44]

Applications

Alloys

About 86% of molybdenum produced is used in metallurgical applications such as alloys, with the rest of molybdenum used as compounds in chemical applications. Estimated fractional global industrial use of molybdenum is structural steel 35%, stainless steel 25%, chemicals 14%, tool & high-speed steels 9%, cast iron 6%, molybdenum elemental metal 6%, and superalloys, 5%.[45]

The ability of molybdenum to withstand extreme temperatures without significantly expanding or softening makes it useful in applications that involve intense heat, including the manufacture of armor, aircraft parts, electrical contacts, industrial motors and filaments.[11][46]

Most high-strength steel alloys (example 41xx steels) contain 0.25% to 8% molybdenum.[10] Despite such small portions, more than 43,000 tonnes of molybdenum are used as an alloying agent each year in stainless steels, tool steels, cast irons and high-temperature superalloys.[37]

Molybdenum is also used in steel alloys for its high corrosion resistance and weldability.[37][41] Molybdenum contributes further corrosion resistance to "chrome-moly" type-300 stainless steels (high-chromium steels that are corrosion-resistant already due to their chromium content, but in reality "chrome-moly" is not a type-300 stainless, but instead a 41xx series that is not stainless) and especially so in the so-called superaustenitic stainless steels (such as alloy AL-6XN). Molybdenum acts by increasing lattice strain, thus increasing the energy required to dissolve out iron atoms from the surface.

Because of its lower density and more stable price, molybdenum is sometimes used instead of tungsten.[37] An example is the 'M' series of high-speed steels such as M2, M4 and M42 as substitution for the 'T' steel series which contain tungsten. Molybdenum can be implemented both as an alloying agent and as a flame-resistant coating for other metals. Although its melting point is 2,623 °C (4,753 °F), molybdenum rapidly oxidizes at temperatures above 760 °C (1,400 °F) making it better-suited for use in vacuum environments.[46]

TZM (Mo (~99%), Ti (~0.5%), Zr (~0.08%) and some C) is a corrosion-resisting molybdenum superalloy that resists molten fluoride salts at temperatures above 1300C. It has about twice the strength of pure Mo, and is more ductile and more weldable, yet in tests it resisted corrosion of a standard eutectic salt (FLiBe) and salt vapors used in molten salt reactors for 1100 hours with so little corrosion that it was difficult to measure.[47][48]

Other molybdenum-based alloys which do not contain iron, have only limited applications. For example, because of the corrosion resistance against molten zinc, both pure molybdenum and the molybdenum/tungsten alloy (70%/30%) are used for piping, stirrers and pump impellers which come into contact with molten zinc.[49]

Other applications as the pure element

  • Molybdenum powder is used as a fertilizer for some plants, such as cauliflower.[37]
  • Elemental molybdenum is also used in NO, NO2, NOx analyzers in power plants for pollution controls. At 350 °C (662 °F) the element acts as a catalyst for NO2/NOx to form only NO molecules for consistent readings by infrared light.[50]
  • Molybdenum anodes replace tungsten in certain low voltage X-ray sources, for specialized uses such as mammography.[51]

Compounds (14% of global use)

  • Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is used as a solid lubricant and a high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) antiwear agent. It forms strong films on metallic surfaces and is a common additive to HPHT greases — in the event of a catastrophic grease failure, a thin layer of molybdenum prevents contact of the lubricated parts.[52] It also has semiconducting properties with distinct advantages over traditional silicon or graphene in electronics applications.[53] MoS2 is also used as a catalyst in hydrocracking of petroleum fractions which contain nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen.[54]
  • Molybdenum disilicide (MoSi2) is an electrically conducting ceramic with primary use in heating elements operating at temperatures above 1500 °C in air.[55]
  • Molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) is used as an adhesive between enamels and metals.[28] Lead molybdate (wulfenite) co-precipitated with lead chromate and lead sulfate is a bright-orange pigment used with ceramics and plastics.[56]
  • Ammonium heptamolybdate is used in biological staining procedures.
  • Molybdenum coated soda lime glass is used for CIGS solar cell fabrication.
  • Phosphomolybdic acid is a stain used in thin layer chromatography.
  • Molybdenum-99 is a parent radioisotope to the daughter radioisotope technetium-99m, which is used in many medical procedures. The isotope is handled and stored as the molybdate.[57]

Biological role

Biochemistry

The most important role of the molybdenum in living organisms is as a metal heteroatom at the active site in certain enzymes. In nitrogen fixation in certain bacteria, the nitrogenase enzyme, which is involved in the terminal step of reducing molecular nitrogen, usually contains molybdenum in the active site (though replacement of Mo with iron or vanadium is also known). The structure of the catalytic center of the enzyme is similar to that in iron-sulfur proteins: it incorporates a Fe4S3 and multiple MoFe3S3 clusters.[58]

In 2008, evidence was reported that a scarcity of molybdenum in the Earth's early oceans was a limiting factor for nearly two billion years in the further evolution of eukaryotic life (which includes all plants and animals) as eukaryotes cannot fix nitrogen, and must therefore acquire most of their oxidized nitrogen suitable for making organic nitrogen compounds, or the organics themselves (like proteins) from prokaryotic bacteria.[59][60][61] The scarcity of molybdenum resulted from the relative lack of oxygen in the early ocean. Most molybdenum compounds have low solubility in water, but the molybdate ion MoO42− is soluble and forms when molybdenum-containing minerals are in contact with oxygen and water. Once oxygen made by early life appeared in seawater, it helped dissolve molybdenum into soluble molybdate from minerals on the sea bottom, making it available for the first time to nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and allowing them to provide more fixed usable nitrogen compounds for higher forms of life.

Skeletal structure of a molybdopterin with a single molybdenum atom bound to both of the thiolate groups
The molybdenum cofactor (pictured) is composed of a molybdenum-free organic complex called molybdopterin, which has bound an oxidized molybdenum atom through adjacent sulfur (or occasionally selenium) atoms.

Although oxygen once promoted nitrogen fixation via making molybdenum available in water, it also directly poisons nitrogenase enzymes. Thus, in Earth's ancient history, after oxygen arrived in large quantities in Earth's air and water, organisms that continued to fix nitrogen in aerobic conditions were required to isolate and protect their nitrogen-fixing enzymes in heterocysts, or similar structures which protect them from too much oxygen. This structural isolation of nitrogen fixation reactions from oxygen in aerobic organisms continues to the present.

Though molybdenum forms compounds with various organic molecules, including carbohydrates and amino acids, it is transported throughout the human body as MoO42−.[62] At least 50 molybdenum-containing enzymes were known by 2002, mostly in bacteria, and their number is increasing with every year;[63][64] those enzymes include aldehyde oxidase, sulfite oxidase and xanthine oxidase.[11] In some animals, and in humans, the oxidation of xanthine to uric acid, a process of purine catabolism, is catalyzed by xanthine oxidase, a molybdenum-containing enzyme. The activity of xanthine oxidase is directly proportional to the amount of molybdenum in the body. However, an extremely high concentration of molybdenum reverses the trend and can act as an inhibitor in both purine catabolism and other processes. Molybdenum concentrations also affect protein synthesis, metabolism and growth.[62]

In animals and plants a tricyclic compound called molybdopterin (which, despite the name, contains no molybdenum) is reacted with molybdate to form a complete molybdenum-containing cofactor called molybdenum cofactor. Save for the phylogenetically-ancient molybdenum nitrogenases discussed above which fix nitrogen in some bacteria and cyanobacteria, all molybdenum-using enzymes so far identified in nature use the molybdenum cofactor.[65] Molybdenum enzymes in plants and animals catalyze the oxidation and sometimes reduction of certain small molecules, as part of the regulation of nitrogen, sulfur and carbon cycles.[66]

Human dietary intake and deficiency

The human body contains about 0.07 mg of molybdenum per kilogram of weight.[67] It occurs in higher concentrations in the liver and kidneys and in lower concentrations in the vertebrae.[37] Molybdenum is also present within human tooth enamel and may help prevent its decay.[68]

The average daily intake of molybdenum varies between 0.12 and 0.24 mg, but it depends on the molybdenum content of the food.[69] Pork, lamb and beef liver each have approximately 1.5 parts per million of molybdenum. Other significant dietary sources include green beans, eggs, sunflower seeds, wheat flour, lentils, cucumbers and cereal grain.[11] Acute toxicity has not been seen in humans, and the toxicity depends strongly on the chemical state. Studies on rats show a median lethal dose (LD50) as low as 180 mg/kg for some Mo compounds.[70] Although human toxicity data is unavailable, animal studies have shown that chronic ingestion of more than 10 mg/day of molybdenum can cause diarrhea, growth retardation, infertility, low birth weight and gout; it can also affect the lungs, kidneys and liver.[69][71] Sodium tungstate is a competitive inhibitor of molybdenum. Dietary tungsten reduces the concentration of molybdenum in tissues.[37]

Dietary molybdenum deficiency from low soil concentration of molybdenum has been associated with increased rates of esophageal cancer in a geographical band from northern China to Iran.[72][73] Compared to the United States, which has a greater supply of molybdenum in the soil, people living in these areas have about 16 times greater risk for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.[74]

Molybdenum deficiency has also been reported as a consequence of non-molybdenum supplemented total parenteral nutrition (complete intravenous feeding) for long periods of time. It results in high blood levels of sulfite and urate, in much the same way as molybdenum cofactor deficiency. However, presumably since pure molybdenum deficiency from this mechanism is seen primarily in adults, the neurological consequences have not been as marked as for the congenital cofactor deficiency.[75]

A congenital molybdenum cofactor deficiency disease, seen in infants, results in interference with the ability of the body to use molybdenum in enzymes. It causes high levels of sulfite and urate, and neurological damage.[76][77] The cause is the inability of the body to synthesize molybdenum cofactor, a heterocyclic molecule which binds molybdenum at the active site in all known human enzymes which use molybdenum.

Copper-molybdenum antagonism

High levels of molybdenum can interfere with the body's uptake of copper, producing copper deficiency. Molybdenum prevents plasma proteins from binding to copper, and it also increases the amount of copper that is excreted in urine. Ruminants that consume high amounts of molybdenum develop symptoms including diarrhea, stunted growth, anemia and achromotrichia (loss of hair pigment). These symptoms can be alleviated by the administration of more copper into the system, both in dietary form and by injection.[78] The condition, as an effective copper deficiency, can be aggravated by excess sulfur.[37][79]

Copper reduction or deficiency can also be deliberately induced for therapeutic purposes by the compound ammonium tetrathiomolybdate, in which the bright red anion tetrathiomolybdate is the copper-chelating agent. Tetrathiomolybdate was first used therapeutically in the treatment of copper toxicosis in animals. It was then introduced as a treatment in Wilson's disease, a hereditary copper metabolism disorder in humans; it acts both by competing with copper absorption in the bowel and by increasing excretion. It has also been found to have an inhibitory effect on angiogenesis, potentially via the inhibition of copper ion dependent membrane translocation process involving a non-classical secretion pathway.[80] This makes it an interesting investigatory treatment for cancer, age-related macular degeneration, and other diseases featuring excessive blood vessel deposition.[81][82]

Precautions

Molybdenum dusts and fumes, which can be generated by mining or metalworking, can be toxic, especially if ingested (including dust trapped in the sinuses and later swallowed).[70] Low levels of prolonged exposure can cause irritation to the eyes and skin. Direct inhalation or ingestion of molybdenum and its oxides should be avoided.[83][84] OSHA regulations specify the maximum permissible molybdenum exposure in an 8-hour day as 5 mg/m3. Chronic exposure to 60 to 600 mg/m3 can cause symptoms including fatigue, headaches and joint pains.[85]

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