Molybdenum - Properties & Applications

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Properties

Molybdenum has unique properties with the following benefits:

High temperature
Strength
Thermal and electrical conductivity
Low thermal expansion
Corrosion resistant
Environmental stability

Molybdenum and its alloys are the materials of choice in a variety of high tech applications, including:

Aircraft parts, electrical contacts, industrial motors, filaments, oil pipelines, steam pipes in nuclear reactors, high rise building steel alloys, catalyst for solids to liquid hydrocarbon and numerous other critical engineering situations.

Molybdenum is an element of the second transition series in Group 6 of the periodic table between chromium and tungsten

Atomic weight	95.96
Density:	10.22 g/cm3
High melting temperature	2623 °C
Lowest linear thermal expansion coefficient of the engineering metals	4.8 x 10-6 / K at 25 °C
High thermal conductivity	138 W/m K at 20°C
Crystal structure Body centered cubic Lattice constant	a = 3.1470 Å

 

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