molybdenum

　 　

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1. a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel (同)Mo, atomic number 42
2. steel containing 10-15% molybdenum; properties are similar to tungsten steel

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1. モリブデン(金属元素;化学記号は『Mo』)
2. molybdenumの化学記号

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Molybdenum,  ₄₂Mo

General properties
Name, symbol	molybdenum, Mo
Appearance	gray metallic
Pronunciation	/ˌmɒlɪbˈdiːnəm/ or /məˈlɪbdɨnəm/ MOL-ib-DEE-nəm or mə-LIB-di-nəm
Molybdenum in the periodic table
Cr ↑ Mo ↓ W niobium ← molybdenum → technetium
Atomic number (Z)	42
Group, block	group 6, d-block
Period	period 5
Element category	transition metal
Standard atomic weight (±) (Ar)	95.95(1)
Electron configuration	[Kr] 4d5 5s1
per shell	2, 8, 18, 13, 1
Physical properties
Phase	solid
Melting point	2896 K ​(2623 °C, ​4753 °F)
Boiling point	4912 K ​(4639 °C, ​8382 °F)
Density near r.t.	10.28 g/cm3
when liquid, at m.p.	9.33 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	37.48 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	598 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	24.06 J/(mol·K)
vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 2742 2994 3312 3707 4212 4879
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, −1, −2, −4 ​(a strongly acidic oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 2.16
Ionization energies	1st: 684.3 kJ/mol 2nd: 1560 kJ/mol 3rd: 2618 kJ/mol
Atomic radius	empirical: 139 pm
Covalent radius	154±5 pm
Miscellanea
Crystal structure	​body-centered cubic (bcc)
Speed of sound thin rod	5400 m/s (at r.t.)
Thermal expansion	4.8 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity	138 W/(m·K)
Thermal diffusivity	54.3 mm2/s (at 300 K)
Electrical resistivity	53.4 nΩ·m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering	paramagnetic
Young's modulus	329 GPa
Shear modulus	126 GPa
Bulk modulus	230 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.31
Mohs hardness	5.5
Vickers hardness	1400–2740 MPa
Brinell hardness	1370–2500 MPa
CAS Number	7439-98-7
History
Discovery	Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1778)
First isolation	Peter Jacob Hjelm (1781)
Most stable isotopes of molybdenum
iso NA half-life DM DE (MeV) DP 92Mo 14.84% >1.9×1020 y (β+β+) 1.6491 92Zr 93Mo syn 4×103 y ε – 93Nb 94Mo 9.25% – (SF) <4.485 95Mo 15.92% – (SF) <4.531 96Mo 16.68% – (SF) <5.771 97Mo 9.55% – (SF) <6.226 98Mo 24.13% >1×1014 y (β−β−) 0.1125 98Ru 99Mo syn 65.94 h β− 0.436, 1.214 99mTc γ 0.74, 0.36, 0.14 – 100Mo 9.63% 7.8×1018 y β−β− 3.04 100Ru
Decay modes in parentheses are predicted, but have not yet been observed

Molybdenum is a chemical element with symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin molybdaenum, from Ancient Greek Μόλυβδος molybdos, meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lead ores. Molybdenum minerals have been known throughout history, but the element was discovered (in the sense of differentiating it as a new entity from the mineral salts of other metals) in 1778 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. The metal was first isolated in 1781 by Peter Jacob Hjelm.

Molybdenum does not occur naturally as a free metal on Earth, but rather in various oxidation states in minerals. The free element, which is a silvery metal with a gray cast, has the sixth-highest melting point of any element. It readily forms hard, stable carbides in alloys, and for this reason most of world production of the element (about 80%) is in making many types of steel alloys, including high strength alloys and superalloys.

Most molybdenum compounds have low solubility in water, but the molybdate ion MoO2−
4 is soluble and forms when molybdenum-containing minerals are in contact with oxygen and water. Industrially, molybdenum compounds (about 14% of world production of the element) are used in high-pressure and high-temperature applications, as pigments, and as catalysts.

Molybdenum-containing enzymes are by far the most common catalysts used by some bacteria to break the chemical bond in atmospheric molecular nitrogen, allowing biological nitrogen fixation. At least 50 molybdenum-containing enzymes are now known in bacteria and animals, although only bacterial and cyanobacterial enzymes are involved in nitrogen fixation. These nitrogenases contain molybdenum in a different form from the other molybdenum-containing enzymes, which all contain fully oxidized molybdenum incorporated into a molybdenum cofactor. Owing to the diverse functions of the various molybdenum cofactor enzymes, molybdenum is a required element for life in all higher eukaryote organisms, though it is not required by all bacteria.

Characteristics

Physical properties

In its pure form, molybdenum is a silvery-grey metal with a Mohs hardness of 5.5. It has a melting point of 2,623 °C (4,753 °F); of the naturally occurring elements, only tantalum, osmium, rhenium, tungsten, and carbon have higher melting points. Weak oxidation of molybdenum starts at 300 °C (572 °F). It has one of the lowest coefficients of thermal expansion among commercially used metals. The tensile strength of molybdenum wires increases about 3 times, from about 10 to 30 GPa, when their diameter decreases from ~50–100 nm to 10 nm.

Isotopes

Main article: Isotopes of molybdenum

There are 35 known isotopes of molybdenum, ranging in atomic mass from 83 to 117, as well as four metastable nuclear isomers. Seven isotopes occur naturally, with atomic masses of 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, and 100. Of these naturally occurring isotopes, only molybdenum-100 is unstable.

Molybdenum-98 is the most abundant isotope, comprising 24.14% of all molybdenum. Molybdenum-100 has a half-life of about 10¹⁹ y and undergoes double beta decay into ruthenium-100. Molybdenum isotopes with mass numbers from 111 to 117 all have half-lives of approximately 150 ns. All unstable isotopes of molybdenum decay into isotopes of niobium, technetium, and ruthenium.

As also noted below, the most common isotopic molybdenum application involves molybdenum-99, which is a fission product. It is a parent radioisotope to the short-lived gamma-emitting daughter radioisotope technetium-99m, a nuclear isomer used in various imaging applications in medicine. In 2008, the Delft University of Technology applied for a patent on the molybdenum-98-based production of molybdenum-99.

Compounds and chemistry

See also: Category:Molybdenum compounds.

Oxidation state	Example
−2	Na 2[Mo 2(CO) 10]
0	Mo(CO) 6
+1	Na[C 6H 6Mo]
+2	MoCl 2
+3	Na 3[Mo(CN)] 6
+4	MoS 2
+5	MoCl 5
+6	MoF 6

Keggin structure of the phosphomolybdate anion (P[Mo₁₂O₄₀]³⁻), an example of a polyoxometalate

Molybdenum is a transition metal with an electronegativity of 2.16 on the Pauling scale and a standard atomic weight of 95.95 g/mol. It does not visibly react with oxygen or water at room temperature, and the bulk oxidation occurs at temperatures above 600 °C, resulting in molybdenum trioxide:

2 Mo + 3 O
2 → 2 MoO
3

The trioxide is volatile and sublimes at high temperatures. This prevents formation of a continuous protective oxide layer, which would stop the bulk oxidation of metal. Molybdenum has several oxidation states, the most stable being +4 and +6 (bolded in the table). The chemistry and the compounds show more similarity to those of tungsten than that of chromium. An example is the instability of molybdenum(III) and tungsten(III) compounds as compared with the stability of the chromium(III) compounds. The highest oxidation state is common in the molybdenum(VI) oxide (MoO₃), whereas the normal sulfur compound is molybdenum disulfide MoS₂.

Molybdenum(VI) oxide is soluble in strong alkaline water, forming molybdates (MoO₄²⁻). Molybdates are weaker oxidants than chromates, but they show a similar tendency to form complex oxyanions by condensation at lower pH values, such as [Mo₇O₂₄]⁶⁻ and [Mo₈O₂₆]⁴⁻. Polymolybdates can incorporate other ions into their structure, forming polyoxometalates. The dark-blue phosphorus-containing heteropolymolybdate P[Mo₁₂O₄₀]³⁻ is used for the spectroscopic detection of phosphorus. The broad range of oxidation states of molybdenum is reflected in various molybdenum chlorides:

• Molybdenum(II) chloride MoCl₂ (yellow solid)
• Molybdenum(III) chloride MoCl₃ (dark red solid)
• Molybdenum(IV) chloride MoCl₄ (black solid)
• Molybdenum(V) chloride MoCl₅ (dark green solid)
• Molybdenum(VI) chloride MoCl₆ (brown solid)

The structure of the MoCl₂ is composed of Mo₆Cl₈⁴⁺ clusters with four chloride ions to compensate the charge.

Like chromium and some other transition metals, molybdenum is able to form quadruple bonds, such as in Mo₂(CH₃COO)₄. This compound can be transformed into Mo₂Cl₈⁴⁻, which also has a quadruple bond.

The oxidation state 0 is possible with carbon monoxide as ligand, such as in molybdenum hexacarbonyl, Mo(CO)₆.

History

Molybdenite—the principal ore from which molybdenum is now extracted—was previously known as molybdena. Molybdena was confused with and often utilized as though it were graphite. Like graphite, molybdenite can be used to blacken a surface or as a solid lubricant. Even when molybdena was distinguishable from graphite, it was still confused with the common lead ore PbS (now called galena); the name comes from Ancient Greek Μόλυβδος molybdos, meaning lead. (The Greek word itself has been proposed as a loanword from Anatolian Luvian and Lydian languages).

Although apparent deliberate alloying of molybdenum with steel in one 14th-century Japanese sword (mfd. ca. 1330) has been reported, that art was never employed widely and was later lost. In the West in 1754, Bengt Andersson Qvist examined molybdenite and determined that it did not contain lead, and thus was not the same as galena.

By 1778 Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele stated firmly that molybdena was (indeed) not galena nor graphite. Instead, Scheele went further and correctly proposed that molybdena was an ore of a distinct new element, named molybdenum for the mineral in which it resided, and from which it might be isolated. Peter Jacob Hjelm successfully isolated molybdenum by using carbon and linseed oil in 1781.

For about a century after its isolation, molybdenum had no industrial use, owing to its relative scarcity, difficulty extracting the pure metal, and the immaturity of appropriate metallurgical techniques. Early molybdenum steel alloys showed great promise in their increased hardness, but efforts to manufacture them on a large scale were hampered by inconsistent results and a tendency toward brittleness and recrystallization. In 1906, William D. Coolidge filed a patent for rendering molybdenum ductile, leading to its use as a heating element for high-temperature furnaces and as a support for tungsten-filament light bulbs; oxide formation and degradation require that molybdenum be physically sealed or held in an inert gas. In 1913, Frank E. Elmore developed a froth flotation process to recover molybdenite from ores; flotation remains the primary isolation process.

During the first World War, demand for molybdenum spiked; it was used both in armor plating and as a substitute for tungsten in high speed steels. Some British tanks were protected by 75 mm (3 in) manganese steel plating, but this proved to be ineffective. The manganese steel plates were replaced with 25 mm (1 in) molybdenum steel plating allowing for higher speed, greater maneuverability, and better protection. The Germans also used molybdenum-doped steel for heavy artillery. This was because traditional steel melted at the heat produced by enough gunpowder to launch a one ton shell. After the war, demand plummeted until metallurgical advances allowed extensive development of peacetime applications. In World War II, molybdenum again saw strategic importance as a substitute for tungsten in steel alloys.

Occurrence and production

Molybdenite on quartz

Molybdenum is the 54th most abundant element in the Earth's crust and the 25th most abundant element in its oceans, with an average of 10 parts per billion; it is the 42nd most abundant element in the Universe. The Russian Luna 24 mission discovered a molybdenum-bearing grain (1 × 0.6 µm) in a pyroxene fragment taken from Mare Crisium on the Moon. The comparative rarity of molybdenum in the Earth's crust is offset by its concentration in a number of water-insoluble ores, often combined with sulfur, in the same way as copper, with which it is often found. Though molybdenum is found in such minerals as wulfenite (PbMoO₄) and powellite (CaMoO₄), the main commercial source is molybdenite (MoS₂). Molybdenum is mined as a principal ore and is also recovered as a byproduct of copper and tungsten mining.

The world's production of molybdenum was 250,000 tonnes in 2011, the largest producers being China (94,000 t), United States (64,000 t), Chile (38,000 t), Peru (18,000 t) and Mexico (12,000 t). The total reserves are estimated at 10 million tonnes, and are mostly concentrated in China (4.3 Mt), US (2.7 Mt) and Chile (1.2 Mt). By continent, 93% of world molybdenum production is about evenly split between North America, South America (mainly in Chile), and China. Europe and the rest of Asia (mostly Armenia, Russia, Iran and Mongolia) produce the remainder.

World production trend

In molybdenite processing, the ore is first roasted in air at a temperature of 700 °C (1,292 °F). The process gives gaseous sulfur doxide and the molybdenum(VI) oxide:

2 MoS₂ + 7 O₂ → 2 MoO₃ + 4 SO₂

The oxidized ore is then usually extracted with aqueous ammonia to give ammonium molybdate:

MoO₃ + 2 NH₃ + H₂O → (NH₄)₂(MoO₄) + H₂O

Copper, an impurity in molybdenite, is less soluble in ammonia. To completely remove it from the solution, it is precipitated with hydrogen sulfide. Ammonium molybdate converts to ammonium dimolybdate, which is isolated as a solid. Heating this solid gives molybdenum trioxide:

(NH₄)₂Mo₂O₇ → 2 MoO₃ + 2 NH₃ + H₂O

The crude trioxide can be further purified by sublimation at 1,100 °C (2,010 °F).

Metallic molybdenum is produced by reduction of the oxide with hydrogen:

MoO₃ + 3 H₂ → Mo + 3 H₂O

The molybdenum for steel production is reduced by the aluminothermic reaction with addition of iron to produce ferromolybdenum. A common form of ferromolybdenum contains 60% molybdenum.

Molybdenum has a value of approximately $30,000 per tonne as of August 2009. It maintained a price at or near $10,000 per tonne from 1997 through 2003, and reached, due to increased demand, a peak of $103,000 per tonne in June 2005. In 2008 the London Metal Exchange announced that molybdenum would be traded as a commodity on the exchange.

History of molybdenum mining

Historically, the Knaben mine in southern Norway, opened in 1885, was the first dedicated molybdenum mine. It was closed from 1973 to 2007, but was reopened that year. Large mines in Colorado (such as the Henderson mine and the Climax mine) and in British Columbia yield molybdenite as their primary product, while many porphyry copper deposits such as the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah and the Chuquicamata mine in northern Chile produce molybdenum as a byproduct of copper mining.

Applications

Alloys

About 86% of molybdenum produced is used in metallurgical applications such as alloys, with the rest of molybdenum used as compounds in chemical applications. Estimated fractional global industrial use of molybdenum is structural steel 35%, stainless steel 25%, chemicals 14%, tool & high-speed steels 9%, cast iron 6%, molybdenum elemental metal 6%, and superalloys, 5%.

The ability of molybdenum to withstand extreme temperatures without significantly expanding or softening makes it useful in applications that involve intense heat, including the manufacture of armor, aircraft parts, electrical contacts, industrial motors and filaments.

Most high-strength steel alloys (example 41xx steels) contain 0.25% to 8% molybdenum. Despite such small portions, more than 43,000 tonnes of molybdenum are used as an alloying agent each year in stainless steels, tool steels, cast irons and high-temperature superalloys.

Molybdenum is also used in steel alloys for its high corrosion resistance and weldability. Molybdenum contributes further corrosion resistance to type-300 stainless steels (specifically type-316) and especially so in the so-called superaustenitic stainless steels (such as alloy AL-6XN, 254SMO or 1925hMo). Molybdenum acts by increasing lattice strain, thus increasing the energy required to dissolve out iron atoms from the surface. Molybdenum can also be used to enhance the corrosion resistance of ferritic (for example grade 444) and martensitic (for example 1.4122 and 1.4418) stainless steels.

Because of its lower density and more stable price, molybdenum is sometimes used instead of tungsten. An example is the 'M' series of high-speed steels such as M2, M4 and M42 as substitution for the 'T' steel series, which contain tungsten. Molybdenum can be implemented both as an alloying agent and as a flame-resistant coating for other metals. Although its melting point is 2,623 °C (4,753 °F), molybdenum rapidly oxidizes at temperatures above 760 °C (1,400 °F) making it better-suited for use in vacuum environments.

TZM (Mo (~99%), Ti (~0.5%), Zr (~0.08%) and some C) is a corrosion-resisting molybdenum superalloy that resists molten fluoride salts at temperatures above 1,300 °C (2,370 °F). It has about twice the strength of pure Mo, and is more ductile and more weldable, yet in tests it resisted corrosion of a standard eutectic salt (FLiBe) and salt vapors used in molten salt reactors for 1100 hours with so little corrosion that it was difficult to measure.

Other molybdenum-based alloys that do not contain iron have only limited applications. For example, because of the corrosion resistance against molten zinc, both pure molybdenum and the molybdenum/tungsten alloy (70%/30%) are used for piping, stirrers and pump impellers which come into contact with molten zinc.

Other applications as the pure element

• Molybdenum powder is used as a fertilizer for some plants, such as cauliflower.
• Elemental molybdenum is also used in NO, NO₂, NO_x analyzers in power plants for pollution controls. At 350 °C (662 °F) the element acts as a catalyst for NO₂/NO_x to form only NO molecules for consistent readings by infrared light.
• Molybdenum anodes replace tungsten in certain low voltage X-ray sources, for specialized uses such as mammography.
• The radioactive isotope molybdenum-99 is used to generate technetium-99m, which is used for medical imaging.

Compounds (14% of global use)

• Molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) is used as a solid lubricant and a high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) antiwear agent. It forms strong films on metallic surfaces and is a common additive to HPHT greases — in the event of a catastrophic grease failure, a thin layer of molybdenum prevents contact of the lubricated parts. It also has semiconducting properties with distinct advantages over traditional silicon or graphene in electronics applications. MoS₂ is also used as a catalyst in hydrocracking of petroleum fractions containing nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen.
• Molybdenum disilicide (MoSi₂) is an electrically conducting ceramic with primary use in heating elements operating at temperatures above 1500 °C in air.
• Molybdenum trioxide (MoO₃) is used as an adhesive between enamels and metals. Lead molybdate (wulfenite) co-precipitated with lead chromate and lead sulfate is a bright-orange pigment used with ceramics and plastics.
• Ammonium heptamolybdate is used in biological staining procedures.
• Molybdenum coated soda lime glass is used for CIGS solar cell fabrication.
• Phosphomolybdic acid is a stain used in thin layer chromatography.
• Molybdenum-99 is a parent radioisotope to the daughter radioisotope technetium-99m, which is used in many medical procedures. The isotope is handled and stored as the molybdate.

Biological role

Nitrogenases

The most important role of the molybdenum in living organisms is as a metal heteroatom at the active site in certain enzymes. In nitrogen fixation in certain bacteria, the nitrogenase enzyme, which is involved in the terminal step of reducing molecular nitrogen, usually contains molybdenum in the active site (though replacement of Mo with iron or vanadium is also known). The structure of the catalytic center of the enzyme is similar to that in iron-sulfur proteins: it incorporates a Fe₄S₃ and multiple MoFe₃S₃ clusters.

The reaction that nitrogenase enzymes perform is:

With protons and electrons from the electron transport chain, nitrogen is reduced to ammonia and free hydrogen gas. This is an energy-using process, requiring the splitting (hydrolysis) of ATP into ADP plus free phosphate (P_i).

In 2008, evidence was reported that a scarcity of molybdenum in the Earth's early oceans was a limiting factor for nearly two billion years in the further evolution of eukaryotic life (which includes all plants and animals) as eukaryotes cannot fix nitrogen, and must therefore acquire most of their oxidized nitrogen suitable for making organic nitrogen compounds, or the organics themselves (like proteins) from prokaryotic bacteria. The scarcity of molybdenum resulted from the relative lack of oxygen in the early ocean. Most molybdenum compounds have low solubility in water, but the molybdate ion MoO₄²⁻ is soluble and forms when molybdenum-containing minerals are in contact with oxygen and water. Once oxygen made by early life appeared in seawater, it helped dissolve molybdenum into soluble molybdate from minerals on the sea bottom, making it available for the first time to nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and allowing them to provide more fixed usable nitrogen compounds for higher forms of life. In 2013, it was suggested possible that boron and molybdenum catalyzed the production of RNA on Mars with life being transported to Earth via a meteorite around 3 billion years ago.

Although oxygen once promoted nitrogen fixation via making molybdenum available in water, it also directly poisons nitrogenase enzymes. Thus, in Earth's ancient history, after oxygen arrived in large quantities in Earth's air and water, organisms that continued to fix nitrogen in aerobic conditions were required to isolate and protect their nitrogen-fixing enzymes in heterocysts, or similar structures protecting them from too much oxygen. This structural isolation of nitrogen fixation reactions from oxygen in aerobic organisms continues to the present.

The molybdenum cofactor (pictured) is composed of a molybdenum-free organic complex called molybdopterin, which has bound an oxidized molybdenum (VI) atom through adjacent sulfur (or occasionally selenium) atoms. Except for the ancient nitrogenases, all known Mo-using enzymes use this cofactor.

Molybdenum cofactor enzymes

Though molybdenum forms compounds with various organic molecules, including carbohydrates and amino acids, it is transported throughout the human body as MoO₄²⁻. At least 50 molybdenum-containing enzymes were known by 2002, mostly in bacteria, and their number is increasing with every year; those enzymes include aldehyde oxidase, sulfite oxidase and xanthine oxidase. In some animals, and in humans, the oxidation of xanthine to uric acid, a process of purine catabolism, is catalyzed by xanthine oxidase, a molybdenum-containing enzyme. The activity of xanthine oxidase is directly proportional to the amount of molybdenum in the body. However, an extremely high concentration of molybdenum reverses the trend and can act as an inhibitor in both purine catabolism and other processes. Molybdenum concentrations also affect protein synthesis, metabolism and growth.

In animals and plants a tricyclic compound called molybdopterin (which, despite the name, contains no molybdenum) is reacted with molybdate to form a complete molybdenum-containing cofactor called molybdenum cofactor. Save for the phylogenetically-ancient molybdenum nitrogenases discussed above, which fix nitrogen in some bacteria and cyanobacteria, all molybdenum-using enzymes so far identified in nature use the molybdenum cofactor, where molybdenum is in the oxidation state of VI, similar to molybdate. Molybdenum enzymes in plants and animals catalyze the oxidation and sometimes reduction of certain small molecules, as part of the regulation of nitrogen, sulfur and carbon cycles.

Human dietary intake and deficiency

Molybdenum is an essential trace element and crucial for the survival of animals. Four mammalian Mo-dependent enzymes are known, all of them harboring a pterin-based molybdenum cofactor (Moco) in their active site: sulfite oxidase, xanthine oxidoreductase, aldehyde oxidase, and mitochondrial amidoxime reductase. People severely deficient in molybdenum have poorly functioning sulfite oxidase and are prone to toxic reactions to sulfites in foods. The human body contains about 0.07 mg of molybdenum per kilogram of weight. It occurs in higher concentrations in the liver and kidneys and in lower concentrations in the vertebrae. Molybdenum is also present within human tooth enamel and may help prevent its decay.

The average daily intake of molybdenum varies between 0.12 and 0.24 mg, depending on the molybdenum content of the food. Pork, lamb, and beef liver each have approximately 1.5 parts per million of molybdenum. Other significant dietary sources include green beans, eggs, sunflower seeds, wheat flour, lentils, cucumbers and cereal grain. Acute toxicity has not been seen in humans, and the toxicity depends strongly on the chemical state. Studies on rats show a median lethal dose (LD₅₀) as low as 180 mg/kg for some Mo compounds. Although human toxicity data is unavailable, animal studies have shown that chronic ingestion of more than 10 mg/day of molybdenum can cause diarrhea, growth retardation, infertility, low birth weight and gout; it can also affect the lungs, kidneys and liver. Sodium tungstate is a competitive inhibitor of molybdenum. Dietary tungsten reduces the concentration of molybdenum in tissues.

Dietary molybdenum deficiency from low soil concentration of molybdenum has been associated with increased rates of esophageal cancer in a geographical band from northern China to Iran. Compared to the United States, which has a greater supply of molybdenum in the soil, people living in these areas have about 16 times greater risk for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Molybdenum deficiency has also been reported as a consequence of non-molybdenum supplemented total parenteral nutrition (complete intravenous feeding) for long periods of time. It results in high blood levels of sulfite and urate, in much the same way as molybdenum cofactor deficiency. However, presumably since pure molybdenum deficiency from this mechanism is seen primarily in adults, the neurological consequences have not been as marked as for the congenital cofactor deficiency.

Related diseases

A congenital molybdenum cofactor deficiency disease, seen in infants, results in interference with the ability of the body to use molybdenum in enzymes. It causes high levels of sulfite and urate, and neurological damage. The cause is the inability of the body to synthesize molybdenum cofactor, a heterocyclic molecule that binds molybdenum at the active site in all known human enzymes that use molybdenum.

Copper-molybdenum antagonism

High levels of molybdenum can interfere with the body's uptake of copper, producing copper deficiency. Molybdenum prevents plasma proteins from binding to copper, and it also increases the amount of copper that is excreted in urine. Ruminants that consume high amounts of molybdenum develop symptoms including diarrhea, stunted growth, anemia and achromotrichia (loss of hair pigment). These symptoms can be alleviated by the administration of more copper into the system, both in dietary form and by injection. The condition, as an effective copper deficiency, can be aggravated by excess sulfur.

Copper reduction or deficiency can also be deliberately induced for therapeutic purposes by the compound ammonium tetrathiomolybdate, in which the bright red anion tetrathiomolybdate is the copper-chelating agent. Tetrathiomolybdate was first used therapeutically in the treatment of copper toxicosis in animals. It was then introduced as a treatment in Wilson's disease, a hereditary copper metabolism disorder in humans; it acts both by competing with copper absorption in the bowel and by increasing excretion. It has also been found to have an inhibitory effect on angiogenesis, potentially via the inhibition of copper ion dependent membrane translocation process involving a non-classical secretion pathway. This makes it an interesting investigatory treatment for cancer, age-related macular degeneration, and other diseases featuring excessive blood vessel deposition.

Precautions

Molybdenum dusts and fumes, which can be generated by mining or metalworking, can be toxic, especially if ingested (including dust trapped in the sinuses and later swallowed). Low levels of prolonged exposure can cause irritation to the eyes and skin. Direct inhalation or ingestion of molybdenum and its oxides should be avoided. OSHA regulations specify the maximum permissible molybdenum exposure in an 8-hour day as 5 mg/m³. Chronic exposure to 60 to 600 mg/m³ can cause symptoms including fatigue, headaches and joint pains. At levels of 5000 mg/m³, molybdenum is immediately dangerous to life and health.

See also

• List of molybdenum mines
• Molybdenum mining in the United States

References

External links

• Molybdenum at The Periodic Table of Videos (University of Nottingham)
• Mineral & Exploration – Map of World Molybdenum Producers 2009
• "Mining A Mountain" Popular Mechanics, July 1935 pp. 63–64
• Site for global molybdenum info
• CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

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• 2. 先天性代謝異常：個々の障害の発見 inborn errors of metabolism identifying the specific disorder
• 3. 先天性代謝異常：代謝性救急疾患 inborn errors of metabolism metabolic emergencies
• 4. ニッケル過敏症と冠動脈ステント nickel hypersensitivity and coronary artery stents
• 5. アレルギー性接触皮膚炎の一般的なアレルゲン common allergens in allergic contact dermatitis

English Journal

• Elemental content of commercial 'ready to-feed' poultry and fish based infant foods in the UK.

• Zand N, Chowdhry BZ, Wray DS, Pullen FS, Snowden MJ.SourceSchool of Science, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK. Electronic address: N.ZandFard@greenwich.ac.uk.
• Food chemistry.Food Chem.2012 Dec 15;135(4):2796-801. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.07.034. Epub 2012 Jul 15.
• The study reported herein was conducted in order to establish the concentration of 20 essential and non-essential elements in a representative range of commercial infant foods in the UK targeted for infants aged between 6-12months. The primary objective of this study was to examine the nutritive val
• PMID 22980874

• Heterotrimetallic compounds containing Mo-M-Li [M = K, Rb and Cs] clusters: synthesis, structure, bonding, aromaticity and theoretical investigations of Li(2)M(2) [M = K and Rb] and Cs(4) rings.

• Deb D, Duley S, Radenković S, Bultinck P, Chattaraj PK, Bhattacharjee M.SourceDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India. pkc@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in mxb@iitkgp.ac.in.
• Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP.Phys Chem Chem Phys.2012 Nov 28;14(44):15579-92. doi: 10.1039/c2cp42105d. Epub 2012 Oct 17.
• A new polydentate fac-trioxo molybdenum complex, [MoO(3)L](3-) {LH(3) = nitrilotriacetic acid}, has been synthesized by the reaction of lithium molybdate with iminodiacetic acid. The trinegative complex anion coordinates the alkali metal cations, K(+), Rb(+) or Cs(+). The potassium, rubidium and ces
• PMID 23076377

• From linking of metal-oxide building blocks in a dynamic library to giant clusters with unique properties and towards adaptive chemistry.

• Müller A, Gouzerh P.SourceFakultät für Chemie der Universität, Anorganische Chemie I, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany. a.mueller@uni-bielefeld.de.
• Chemical Society reviews.Chem Soc Rev.2012 Nov 21;41(22):7431-63. doi: 10.1039/c2cs35169b. Epub 2012 Sep 5.
• Following Nature's lessons, today chemists can cross the boundary of the small molecule world to construct multifunctional and highly complex molecular nano-objects up to protein size and even cell-like nanosystems showing responsive sensing. Impressive examples emerge from studies of the solutions
• PMID 22948798

Japanese Journal

• Fabrication of Graphene-Based Films Using Microwave-Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

• Hiramatsu Mineo,Naito Masateru,Kondo Hiroki,Hori Masaru
• Jpn J Appl Phys 52(1), 01AK04-01AK04-5, 2013-01-25
• … To simply control the position of the plasma ball and reduce the ion bombardment on the substrate surface, a grounded molybdenum mesh was installed over the substrate plate to realize a remote plasma configuration. …
• NAID 150000106343

• Molybdenum doping effects on photochromic properties of WO? based composite films (Feature : Ceramics Processing through Energy Consumption Reduction (Green Processing))

• MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi,INADA Masaya,SUZUKI Hisao [他]
• Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan = 日本セラミックス協会学術論文誌 121(1409), 106-108, 2013-01
• NAID 40019536374

• Solvent Extraction Separation of Mo and Co from Chloride Solution Containing Al

• Banda Raju,Sohn Seong Ho,Lee Man Seung
• Materials Transactions 54(1), 61-65, 2013-01
• NAID 40019530367

• Effect of Repeated Tempering on Abrasive Wear Behavior of Hypoeutectic 16 mass% Cr Cast Iron with Molybdenum

• Inthidech Sudsakorn,Kosasu Pisizchai,Yotee Sumpao [他]
• Materials Transactions 54(1), 28-35, 2013-01
• NAID 40019530310

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