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Compare Silver vs Molybdenum

Comparing Silver (Ag) and Molybdenum (Mo). Atomic numbers 47 and 42 with atomic masses 107.868 u and 95.951 u, classified as transition metal and transition metal. Below: a side-by-side comparison of their physical, atomic, electron-configuration and historical properties, including density, melting and boiling points, ionization energies, oxidation states and discovery history.

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Ag
Silver
#47
Mo
Molybdenum
#42

Periodic properties of the elements

SilverMolybdenum
SymbolAgMo
Atomic number4742
Group116
Period55
Blockdd
Element categoryTransition MetalTransition Metal

Physical properties

SilverMolybdenum
Phase at STPSolidSolid
Density10.49 g/cm310.28 g/cm3
Atomic weight107.868 u95.951 u
Melting point1234.93 K
961.78 °C
1763.204 °F		2896 K
2622.85 °C
4753.13 °F
Boiling point2435 K
2161.85 °C
3923.33 °F		4912 K
4638.85 °C
8381.93 °F

Atomic properties

SilverMolybdenum
Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)1.932.16
Electron affinity125.862 kJ/mol72.1 kJ/mol
Oxidation states−2, −1, +1, +2, +3
(an amphoteric oxide)		−4, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6
(a strongly acidic oxide)
Ionization energies
  1. 731 kJ/mol
  2. 2070 kJ/mol
  3. 3361 kJ/mol
  1. 684.3 kJ/mol
  2. 1560 kJ/mol
  3. 2618 kJ/mol
  4. 4480 kJ/mol
  5. 5257 kJ/mol
  6. 6640.8 kJ/mol
  7. 12125 kJ/mol
  8. 13860 kJ/mol
  9. 15835 kJ/mol
  10. 17980 kJ/mol
  11. 20190 kJ/mol
  12. 22219 kJ/mol
  13. 26930 kJ/mol
  14. 29196 kJ/mol
  15. 52490 kJ/mol
  16. 55000 kJ/mol
  17. 61400 kJ/mol
  18. 67700 kJ/mol
  19. 74000 kJ/mol
  20. 80400 kJ/mol
  21. 87000 kJ/mol
  22. 93400 kJ/mol
  23. 98420 kJ/mol
  24. 104400 kJ/mol
  25. 121900 kJ/mol
  26. 127700 kJ/mol
  27. 133800 kJ/mol
  28. 139800 kJ/mol
  29. 148100 kJ/mol
  30. 154500 kJ/mol

Electron configuration

SilverMolybdenum
Shorthand configuration[Kr] 4d10 5s1 [Kr] 4d5 5s1
Full configuration1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 5s1 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d5 5s1
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 18, 12, 8, 18, 13, 1

History

SilverMolybdenum
DiscoveryAsia Minor (5000 BC)Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1778)
First isolationPeter Jacob Hjelm (1781)
Named byPeter Jacob Hjelm (1781)
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