The refractory workhorse: molybdenum keeps its strength at temperatures that soften almost everything else.
- Atomic number
- 42
- Atomic mass
- 95.95 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d⁵ 5s¹
- Melting point
- 2,896 K · 2,622.9 °C
- Boiling point
- 4,912 K · 4,638.9 °C
- Density
- 10.28 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 2.16
- Period / Group
- 5 / 6
- Discovery year
- 1781