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Compounds | Reactions | Production
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| Reactions of Molybdenum |
 Reactions with water |
| At room temperate molybdenum will not react with water. |
| Reactions with air |
| Molybdenum will not react with air or oxygen or normal temperatures, at high temperatures molybdenum(VI) trioxide is formed. |
2Mo(s) + 3O2(g) 2MoO3(s) |
| Reactions with halogens |
| At room temperatures molybdenum will react with fluorine to form molybdenum(VI) fluoride. |
| Mo(s) + 3F2(g)MoF6(l) |
| Reduction Potentials | |
| Balanced half-reaction | E0 / V |
MoVI + e- MoV |
+0.43 |
| MoIII + 3e-Mo(s) |
-0.2 |
| H2MoO4(aq) + 2H+ + e-MoO2+ + 2H2O
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+0.4 |
| HMoO4- + 3H+ + 2e-MoO2 + 2H2O
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+0.429 |
| MoO42- + 4H+ + 2e-MoO2 + 2H2O
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+0.606 |
| HMoO4- + 7H+ + 3e-Mo3+ + 4H2O
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+0.390 |
| MoO42- + 8H+ + 3e-Mo3+ + 4H2O
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+0.508 |
| MoO42- + 8H+ + 6e-Mo(s) + 4H2O
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+0.154 |
| MoO42- + 4H2O + 6e-Mo(s) + 8OH- |
-1.05 |