Constituent MoO3 | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: MoO3
Official name: Molybdenum trioxide

Family: covalent network solid
Class: sheet covalent network solid
Compound type: oxide

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $MoO_3$
Chemical formula: MoO3
Elemental formula: Mo O3
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Mo$	Molybdenum	element	1	0.25	1	constituent element	main
	$O$	Oxygen	element	3	0.75	1	constituent element	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\geq \mid Mo-O-$	6

Class: sheet covalent networks (10)
Type: one metal and one non-metal atoms sheet networks (10.04)

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: orthorhombic
Crystal class: dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol: mmm (D2h)
Crystal spacegroup: Pnma

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 143.95 $g/mol$
Density: 4.70 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Refringence sign: unknown
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 2.12 - 2.13
Color: colorless, white, yellow (high T), light blue, light green
Diaphaneity: transparent
Luster: adamantine