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US
/məˈɫɪbdɪnəm/
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[ UK /məlˈɪbdənəm/ ]
[ UK /məlˈɪbdənəm/ ]
NOUN
- a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel
How To Use molybdenum In A Sentence
- Depending on specific requirements related to their use, hard metals might additionally contain small quantities of chromium, niobium, molybdenum, titanium, tantalum or vanadium carbides.
- Specifically, it is obtained from the processing of the mineral molybdenite (a molybdenum ore) that is found in porphyry copper deposits. Rhenium
- Cobalt, chromium, manganese, molybdenum and nickel are sometimes added as correctives for iron; their addition also improves strength at high temperature.
- It has long been known that the rare transition element molybdenum is an essential micronutrient for plants, animals and micro-organisms.
- By tweaking the mix of other hardening additives like nickel and molybdenum, which are cheaper and more abundant, GE was able to cut the rhenium content in its jet-engine blades to 3% from 6%. Testing Their Metals
- Closeups of cobaltite, top, a rare ore of cobalt, and molybdenite, bottom, the main ore of molybdenum. LME to Broaden Metals Reach
- The nanoparticles are mixed with acetylene black, which makes the mixture electrically conductive, and molybdenum trioxide, which supplies the oxygen.
- Molybdenum was extracted from the granite in Baltschieder during the second world war, from a unique occurrence where molybdenum is present in granite as molybdenite. Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland
- Common alloys used for this purpose include molybdenum and chromium in addition to manganese and carbon.
- Other elements added to improve characteristics include nickel, molybdenum, copper, titanium, aluminum, silicon, niobium, nitrogen, sulfur, and selenium.