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Molybdenum
is a metal in group VI B of the periodic table with atomic number 42, an
atomic weight of 95.94, and a density of 10.2 Mg/m3.
It has a melting temperature of 2610 C.
The
electronic configuration of Molybdenum is: (Kr)(4d)5(5s)1,
and it has an atomic radius of
At room temperature the metal has the body centered cubic crystal structure. The lattice parameter a =0.315 nm. Molybdenum has a Young's modulus of 320 GPa, a yield stress of 560 MPa, an UTS of 665 MPa, and a fracture strain of 0.3. |
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From:
Callister,
"Materials Science and Engineering," Wiley (1997) |
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