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molybdenum

chemical element with symbol Mo and atomic number 42
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Summary

molybdenum is a chemical element[1]. molybdenum draws 10,963 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #51 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Carl Wilhelm Scheele[3]
  • Instance of: combustible powder[4]
  • Named after: lead[5]
  • Made from material: wulfenite[6], powellite[7], molybdenite[8]
  • Location of discovery: Sweden[9]
  • Canonical SMILES: [Mo][10]
  • Element symbol: Mo[11]
  • Chemical formula: Mo[12]
  • Subclass of: period 5[13], heavy metal[14], d-block[15]
  • Part of: period 5[16], group 6[17], transition metal[18]
  • Has use: alloy[19], fertilizer[20], lubricant[21], catalyst[22], electrical conductor[23], adhesive[24], pigment[25], hydrodesulfurization[26], Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells[27], thin layer chromatography[28], Masson's trichrome stain[29]
  • Commons category: Molybdenum[30]
  • Unicode character: 鉬[31]
  • Crystal system: body-centered cubic[32]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1778[33]
  • Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral[34]

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Influence

Things named for molybdenum include molybdite[35], a mineral species[36]; hexamolybdenum[37], a mineral species[38]; umohoite[39], a mineral species[40]; and molybdofornacite[41], a mineral species[42].

Why It Matters

molybdenum has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] molybdenum is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for molybdenum include molybdite[35], a mineral species[36]; hexamolybdenum[37], a mineral species[38]; umohoite[39], a mineral species[40]; and molybdofornacite[41], a mineral species[42].

Related Entities

Carl Wilhelm Scheele Les Liaisons dangereuses Salman Al-Farisee Khor Allabd School Sweden

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+145'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'ban', 'bcl',
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+154'}
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  2. 20d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 8330
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  3. 23d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 8330
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  4. 27d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+6'}, {'amount': '+5'} +7
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  5. 27d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+6'}, {'amount': '+5'} +7
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  6. 27d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → məˈlɪbdənəm
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  7. 27d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-mol
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  8. 28d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → period 5, heavy metal, d-block
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  9. 28d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+7.09243'}
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  10. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → paramagnetism
    Standard molar entropy → {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+181.95'}, {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+43.14'}, {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+28.6'}
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+5.5'}
    Point group → cubic-hexoctahedral
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  11. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → period 5, heavy metal, d-block
    Part of → period 5, group 6, transition metal
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  12. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → period 5, heavy metal, d-block
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  13. 7w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i113967
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078496
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  14. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+18200000.0'}
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '+0.306'}
    Electrical resistivity → {'unit': 'Q1441459', 'amount': '+0.0000000534'}
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+139.0'}
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  15. 8w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bulk modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+262529000000.0'}
    Crystal system → body-centered cubic
    Shear modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+117048000000.0'}
    Space group → space group Im-3m
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  16. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1ZyRc8
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  17. 14w ago · Piotr Osada · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of poland mms id → 9810553850705606
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  18. 21w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → molibden
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