Molybdenum, Mo
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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 
0.139 nm.

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.

From: Callister, 
"Materials Science and Engineering," 
Wiley (1997)