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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 +0.4
HMoO4- + 3H+ + 2e-MoO2 + 2H2O +0.429
MoO42- + 4H+ + 2e-MoO2 + 2H2O +0.606
HMoO4- + 7H+ + 3e-Mo3+ + 4H2O +0.390
MoO42- + 8H+ + 3e-Mo3+ + 4H2O +0.508
MoO42- + 8H+ + 6e-Mo(s) + 4H2O +0.154
MoO42- + 4H2O + 6e-Mo(s) + 8OH- -1.05