molybdenum blue
Chemistry
noun
A complex oxide or mixture of oxides of pentavalent or hexavalent molybdenum with a strong blue colour that is produced, usually as a colloidal solution, when an acidic solution of a molybdate is reduced, and is used in chemical analysis and occasionally as a dye.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society.
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