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Molybdenum hexafluoride
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<p>Molybdenum hexafluoride, also molybdenum(VI) fluoride, is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the formula <a href="/facts/Molybdenum/RX6vp2bF">Mo</a><a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">F</a>6. It is the <a href="/facts/Fluoride/LpqNMzwa">fluoride</a> of <a href="/facts/Molybdenum/RX6vp2bF">molybdenum</a> in its highest <a href="/facts/Oxidation_state/W53W6s6V">oxidation state</a> of +6. It is a colourless solid that melts just below <a href="/facts/Room_temperature/NjHdkY4A">room temperature</a> and boils at 34 °C. It is one of the seventeen known binary <a href="/facts/Hexafluoride/WJYHLppK">hexafluorides</a>. </p>