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- Molybdenum is highly reactive metal, hence not found free in nature .
- Till 18th century Molybdenum element were often mistaken as a carbon or Lead.
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
- Original name of Technetium was Masurium.
- At the time of its discovery it found in sample of Molybdenum.
Made by Bombarding Molybdenum with Deuterons
Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perriero