How to Use molybdenum in a Sentence

molybdenum

noun

• The components not covered by the heat shield are made of a molybdenum alloy, which has a melting point of more than 4,000°F.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 8 Aug. 2018
• A molybdenum mine, once the county’s largest employer, shut down in 2014.
  — Amanda Paulson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2017
• Depending on the day of the week, the space may clickety-clack to the sound of a lathe winding molybdenum wire around side rods, or the ragged hiss of gas flames heating and sealing glass bulbs.
  — Roy Furchgott, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
• Bingham Canyon accounts for all the molybdenum and silver produced in Utah and nearly all the copper and gold.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 June 2021
• Graphite, molybdenum and other compounds are used for this.
  — Paul Weissler, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
• After excavation, the ore would be crushed and washed with water and reagents to concentrate the copper and molybdenum.
  — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
• Tu said those include chromoly, a strong steel alloy made with chromium and molybdenum, and carbon fiber, a lightweight substance used in the fuselage and wings of planes.
  — Chris Fuchs, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2017
• Results of the mouse study showed molybdenum concentrations in the body returned to those similar to the control group’s within 22 weeks.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Apr. 2023
• Made of one piece of molybdenum/vanadium stainless steel, each knife in the IKEA 365+ set is made to stay sharp for a significant amount of time, and grooves on the handles ensure a secure grip.
  — Sarah Lloyd, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
• But over the ages, steel makers learned that a pinch of cobalt or a dash of chromium—or a smidge of more exotic compounds such as vanadium or molybdenum—changes a steel’s character.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Mar. 2021
• The flock is believed to have been poisoned by land contaminated with high levels of molybdenum.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2022
• Four years later, North Korean media credited Weimin for the first plant to process molybdenum.
  — James T. Areddy, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2018
• The company's surface samples have shown cobalt, zinc, nickel and molybdenum.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2018
• The Pebble Partnership wants to dig a massive deposit of gold, copper and molybdenum in and around the sensitive headwaters of Bristol Bay.
  — Erica Martinson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2018
• This steel is similar to 440C (a common stainless steel) but molybdenum is added to increase performance.
  — Matt Foster, Field & Stream, 8 Jan. 2020
• This steel is similar to 440C (a common stainless steel), but molybdenum is added to increase performance.
  — Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2020
• About 370 people still work pulling copper and molybdenum out of the area's only remaining active mine, the Continental Pit.
  — Kathleen McLaughlin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2020
• The micronutrients (or trace elements) are used in very tiny amounts and include boron, chlorine, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 27 May 2017
• At the heart of the USC system are carbide nanoparticles, a generic term for compounds of carbon and another element—in this case a silvery metal called molybdenum.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 19 Feb. 2020
• Sufficiently high levels of lithium result in the transfer of an electron to molybdenum (which in turn alters the structure of the material) and a boost of its conductance.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2018
• They’re made of alternating layers of molybdenum and silicon and are polished to a precision measured in atoms.
  — Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2022
• The new work extends that by looking at specific elements: tungsten and molybdenum.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 June 2017
• Over a billion pounds of molybdenum have been recovered during the mine’s operational lifetime.
  — Jeffrey Marlow, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2015
• For example, graphene consists of single layers of carbon atoms, and molybdenum disulfide is made of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between two layers of sulfur atoms.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Apr. 2023
• Hudbay has projected the mine would yield about 10% of the country’s total copper production, while also extracting molybdenum, silver and gold.
  — Ian James, azcentral, 28 Apr. 2019
• Pebble, owned by Northern Dynasty Minerals of Canada, has studied the controversial copper, gold and molybdenum prospect for years.
  — Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Oct. 2017
• Again, metal miners tend to diversify, and SCCO is no different, also digging for molybdenum, zinc, lead, coal and silver.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
• Graphite, molybdenum and other compounds are used. • Pour-point depressants: Just because the 0° F viscosity rating is low doesn't mean the oil will flow readily at low temperatures.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2018
• It’s made from a type of material called a MXene—characterized by a metal like titanium or molybdenum bonded with carbides or nitrides.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Sep. 2018
• Other proteins supply these two components with metal clusters, containing iron and sometimes molybdenum.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024

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