Molybdenum (Mo)
A fascinating transition metal element.
Molybdenum is element 42 on the periodic table.
Element properties
- Atomic number
- 42
- Symbol
- Mo
- Atomic mass
- 95.95 u
- Category
- Transition Metal
- Period
- 5
- Group
- 6
- Block
- d
- State
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d5 5s1
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 2.16
- Density
- 10.28 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 2623 °C
- Boiling point
- 4639 °C