different between molybdic vs molybdenum

English

Etymology

molybdenum +? -ic. Doublet of plumbic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l?bd?k/
• Hyphenation: mo?lyb?dic

Adjective

molybdic (not comparable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Relating to molybdenum, especially describing compounds of molybdenum in which it has an oxidation state of +6.
2. (inorganic chemistry, obsolete) Belonging to the group of elements now recognized as groups 5 and 6.

Derived terms

• molybdic acid
• phosphomolybdic

Related terms

• molybdenic / molybdenous

Translations

Anagrams

• colymbid

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