Molybdenum

__**Abstract**__ Molybdenum is a silvery-white metallic element used for strengthening metals and it’s in some of the foods that we eat, which serves as a vitamin for out daily diet. Molybdenum is used for strengthening metals, it’s also used in making aircraft parts, electrical contracts, and industrial motors. Since molybdenum is not banned anywhere it is used in countries like United States, Canada, Chile, Russia and China.

This chemical doesn’t have any health implications that come with it but the only time when its harmful is when you do not have enough of it in your body but also it causes sexual impotence in older men. Instead of it being bad its actually good for you because it prevents dental caries, mouth and gum disorders. For the environment this chemical reacts differently, it is used to fertilize plants so that they would grow better but at the cost of increasing the pH level of the soil. But if this chemical were to be banned it would have made it that certain things that are created with a combination with it would have not been as effective and also the products that needed might not have been produced.

This chemical is harmless and it mostly brings good to the products that are made with it but it is harmful to our soil when used to fertilize it. But if it were up to me I would say using it to fertilize soil is a bad idea and that it shouldn’t be done because we already have many problems and I believe that we do not need anymore that concern the earth and its natural life.

__**Background**__ This chemical is used in strengthening metals and it’s in some of the foods that we eat, which serves as a vitamin for our daily diet. The way that it’s used in is in making the aircraft parts, electrical contacts, industrial motors, and filaments, which makes it more beneficial because it strengthens that alloy metals. This chemical is mostly used in United States, Canada, Chile, Russia and China.

__**Synthesis/Production**__ Molybdenum is found in thousands of industrial catalysts used in oil refining, ammonia synthesis, and industrial syntheses of organic chemicals. Molybdenum is used to make metals stronger and more durable. The way that it is combined is that it is mix in with the metal during the time when it is being melted down.

__**Health**__ For human health this chemical is harmless because it is in our daily diet but the only time when harm comes from it is when we have deficiency of it in our bodies, which is most of the time is sexual impotence in older men. The main thing that happens is that it prevents dental caries, mouth and gum disorders.

__**Environmental**__ This chemical is sometimes used to fertilize plants to have them grow better but because of this it would cause the increase of the pH of the soil. After this process no byproducts are formed, which makes it a little easier on the environment. The way that this chemical is disposed of is with the use of heat treatment of a carbon-containing composition.

__**Economic/Political**__ This chemical is not banned anywhere but if it was it would effect some of our products that are made of metal. The countries that use and export this chemical are United States, Chile, China, Canada and Peru.

__**Summary**__ Molybdenum has many benefits. So far the most beneficial way that it is used in is to strengthen metals to increase it durability and strength. Thanks to it many of the products we have these days are more reliable and more efficient to use. Many plane parts are made with the addition of molybdenum in the metal, which makes it more reliable to fly in a plane that is made well with on problems. But for the benefit there is no cost of it but only when it is used to fertilize the soil to have the plants grow better because it makes the pH of soil to increase making it more acidic. The conclusion I could draw from this is that this chemical is dangerous to the soil, which could cause problems to out future. The necessary action that should be taken is to stop the usage of molybdenum to fertilize plants but the only problem is for now is on how to convince “the man” to stop it when he obviously know the dangers of it.

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