Origin : The name is derived from the Greek ‘molybdos’, meaning lead.
Description :
A silvery metal produced and sold as a grey powder and used in alloys, catalysts and electrodes. World production is 80,000 tonnes per year, most of which is converted to molybdenum sulfide, a lubricant additive. This element is essential for several living things, and probably for humans, although only in tiny amounts. The average human takes in about 0.01 milligram a day (0.3g in a lifetime) and stores about 5 milligrams in the body.
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Molybdenum is also used in valves and boiler plate. Click here to see larger version of this image.
