different between molybdenum vs ferrimolybdite

English

Etymology

From New Latin molybdaenum, from molybdaena (“any of various substances resembling lead”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (molúbdaina, “a plummet, piece of lead”), from ???????? (mólubdos, “lead; graphite”), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian ????????????????????????????? (mariwda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork?-iyo-, from a root *mork?- (“dark”); +? -um (“a chemical element”).

Attested since the last quarter of 18th century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l?b'd?n?m, IPA^(key): /m??l?bd?n?m/

Noun

molybdenum (countable and uncountable, plural molybdenums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.
2. A single atom of this element.

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See also

• powellite
• wulfenite

English

Etymology

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? + -ite

Noun

ferrimolybdite

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, molybdenum, and oxygen.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Ferrimolybdite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database