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MOLYBDENUM was first isolated in 1778 by Scheele, who converted the sulphide into molybdic anhydride, which was then reduced. Twenty years previously, Cronstedt had demonstrated the difference between the lustrous mineral molybdenite and graphite. It was left to Berzelius to explain the chemical character of the element by establishing the composition of molybdic acid.
Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie
Achte völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage. Herausgegeben von der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft. Bearbeitet von R. J. Meyer. System-Nummer 53: Molybdän. Pp. xviii + xi + 393. (Berlin: Verlag Chemie G.m.b.H., 1935.) 64 gold marks.
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Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie. Nature 137, 477 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137477a0
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