Producing Molybdenum (Mo)

Mo: Molybdenum

Hjelm (Sweden) separated in 1781.

Abundance: 1,2ppm(in the earth's crust)

Bake molybdenite at 500 Cersius.

2MoS2 + 7O2 2MoO3 + 4SO2

Add obtaind molybdenum oxide into melted iron with powder of calcite.

CaCO3 + MoO3 CaMoO4 + CO2

CaMoO4 + 2Fe Mo + Fe2O3 + CaO