Chem project, just need some starting advice

In summary, the conversation revolved around a chemistry project where the person wanted to find interesting information about the element Molybdenum. They also mentioned their previous interest in Helium and provided a link to a website for help. Another person asked about the incompatibility of hydrogen and HBr, with the response explaining that it means they should not be mixed due to potential reactions.
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Hessam
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Hello... i am concurantly working on a chemistry project called my "favorite" element... i wanted to do helium because of its akward behavior at near absolute zero but since it doesn't react w/ anything i couldn't use it for my stoichiometry problems:frown: ... well anyways my element that i picked out of randomness, was Molybdenum... now can anyone pleae give me some tips as to where and how i could find some interesting information? and does anyone know anything interesting about this element allready that would not be "common textbook knowledge" (like element number, mass... simple stuff like that i don't need)... any help will not be overlooked, thankyou.
-Hessam

oh yes, and to help anyone out who might actually help... its element number 42
 
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Not directly the same question, but it is similar enought that I didn't want to start a new thread.

I was just looking at some of the properties of Bromine and under Chemical Properties it had a heading of Incompatibilies. In this category it listed several metals and inorganics, but it also listed hydrogen. If HBr exsists, then how is that possible?
 
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"Incompatibility" means do not mix without the expectation of great excitement when used in MSDS/NFPR contexts. You are looking at rapid and energetic reaction possibilities. HBr is formed as a result of such a reaction, but the the elements themselves are incompatible in the sense that reaction is inevitable.
 
  • #5
Thanks. I was thinking it most likely would have been something more along those lines.
 

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