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molybdenum (iou)



molybdenum noun. E19.
[from MOLYBDENA + -um after other chemical elements (usu. in -IUM).]
A brittle silvery-white chemical element, atomic no. 42, which is one of the transition metals and is used in steel to give strength and resistance to corrosion. (Symbol Mo.)
Comb.: molybdenum blue a deep-blue colloidal complex oxide or mixture of oxides of molybdenum produced when an acidic solution of a molybdate is reduced.