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Molybdenum vs Sidwillite - What's the difference?

molybdenum | sidwillite |

As nouns the difference between molybdenum and sidwillite

is that molybdenum is a metallic chemical element (symbol mo) with an atomic number of 42 while sidwillite is (mineralogy) a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.

molybdenum

English

(wikipedia molybdenum)

Noun

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  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42.
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    Derived terms

    * ferromolybdenum * moly * molybdate * molybdenated * molybdenian * molybdenum blue * molybdenum carbonyl * molybdenum chloride * molybdenum disulfide, molybdenum disulphide * molybdenum hexacarbonyl * molybdenum orange * molybdenum oxide * molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum sulphide * molybdenum trioxide * molybdian * molybdo-

    Related terms

    * molybdena * molybdenite * molybdic * molybdite * molybdous

    See also

    * powellite * wulfenite

    sidwillite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.

    • References

    * Sidwillite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Sidwillite.shtml]