Electronic data		Thermal data		Steric data
Shells: 2,8,18,13,1 Orbitals: [Kr] 4d5 5s1 Electronegativity: 1.3, 1.8 1. Ionization potential: 7.0924 eV 2. Ionization potential: 16.461 eV 3. Ionization potential: 27.16 eV Oxidation states: 6,5,4,3,2,0 Electrical conductivity: 0.187 10^6		Melting point: 2617 °C Boiling point: 4612 °C Specific heat: 0.25 J/gK Heat of fusion: 32.0 kJ/mol Heat of vaporization: 598.0 kJ/mol Thermal conductivity: 1.38 W/cmK		Atomic radius: 2.01 Å Ionic radius: 0.59 Å () Covalent radius: 1.30 Å Atomic volume: 9.4 cm³/mol Density (293 K): 10.2 g/cm³ Crystal structure: Cubic: Body centered

Nuclide	Abundance [%]	Mass	Spin	Halflife	Decay mode	Decay tree
91Mo	0	91	9/2	15.5m	+,EC	View
92Mo	14.84	91.9068	0	--	stable	--
93Mo	0	92.9062	5/2	~3.5E3y	EC	View
94Mo	9.25	93.9051	0	--	stable	--
95Mo	15.92	94.9058	5/2	--	stable	--
96Mo	16.68	95.9047	0	--	stable	--
97Mo	9.55	96.906	5/2	--	stable	--
98Mo	24.13	97.9054	0	--	stable	--
99Mo	0	99	1	2.7476d	-,b-	View
100Mo	9.63	97.9075	0	--	stable	--
101Mo	0	101	1/2	14.6m	-	View

Legend

Name origin:	Greek: molybdos (lead)
Description:	Hard, silvery-white metal.
Discovered by:	Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Year:	1778
Place:	Sweden
Sources:	Found in the minerals molybdenite (MoS2) and wulfenite (MoO4Pb).
Use(s):	Its alloys are used in aircraft, missiles, and protective coatings in boiler plate.