Amazing Molybdenum
- Episode aired Jul 31, 2019
- 12m
Passing an electric current through a molybdenum wire heated it until it glowed. The wire formed unduloids that under an electron microscope displayed a highly structured surface. Elemental ... Read allPassing an electric current through a molybdenum wire heated it until it glowed. The wire formed unduloids that under an electron microscope displayed a highly structured surface. Elemental analysis of the structures showed it was molybdenum oxide that formed on heating and, havi... Read allPassing an electric current through a molybdenum wire heated it until it glowed. The wire formed unduloids that under an electron microscope displayed a highly structured surface. Elemental analysis of the structures showed it was molybdenum oxide that formed on heating and, having a lower melting point that the pure elements, liquefied and then crystallized on coolin... Read all