Ammonium Heptamolybdate
ammonium paramolybdate
| PROPERTIES & USAGE | ||
| Properties | Usage | |
| Chemical formula | (NH4)6Mo7O24 | analytical reagent |
| Density | 2.498 g/cm3 | fertilizers for crops |
| Molar mass | 1163.9 g/mol | detection of recreational drugs as a component of the froehde reagent |
| 1235.86 g/mol (tetrahydrate) | electroplating | |
| Melting point | ~90 ˚C (loses water molecule) | fixing of metals |
| 190 °C (decomp.) | negative stain in biological electron microscopy | |
| preparation of dehydrogenation and desulphurisation catalysts | ||
| production of molybdenum metal and ceramics | ||