Metallurgical Product Description

Ferromolybdenum is an amorphous metal additive in the production process and has several excellent properties that are transferred to the new alloy. One of the main benefits of ferromolybdenum alloy is its hardening properties, making steel extremely weldable. Ferromolybdenum is one of the 5 highest melting point metals in the country. Additionally, adding ferromolybdenum to the alloy can improve corrosion resistance. The characteristics of ferromolybdenum make it an extra layer of protective film on other metals, making it suitable for various products.

Product Parameters

Product Advantages

Adding molybdenum to steel can make the steel have a uniform fine-grained structure, improve the hardenability of the steel, and help eliminate temper brittleness. In high-speed steel, molybdenum can replace part of tungsten. Molybdenum is widely used in combination with other alloying elements to produce stainless steel, heat-resistant steel, acid-resistant steel, and tool steel, as well as alloys with special physical properties. Molybdenum is added to cast iron to increase its strength and wear resistance.

Manufacture And Use

The most basic definition of the ferromolybdenum production process is that molybdenum is first mined, and then converted into molybdenum (six) oxide MoO3, which becomes a mixed oxide with iron and aluminum oxide, and then is reduced in the thermite reaction. Electron beam melting then purifies the ferromolybdenum, or the product can be packaged as is. Typically, ferromolybdenum alloys are produced from a fine powder, and ferromolybdenum is typically shipped in bags or shipping steel drums.

Applications

The main use of ferromolybdenum is as a molybdenum additive in steelmaking. Adding molybdenum to steel can make the steel have a uniform and fine crystal structure, improve the hardenability of the steel, and help eliminate temper brittleness.

Molybdenum can replace part of tungsten in high-speed steel. Molybdenum is combined with other alloying elements and is widely used in the production of stainless steel, heat-resistant steel, acid-resistant steel, tool steel, and alloys with special physical properties. Molybdenum is added to cast iron to increase its strength and wear resistance.