molybdenum steel

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   steel containing 10-15% molybdenum; properties are similar to tungsten steel

   Broaderalloy steel

Questions about molybdenum steel

What does molybdenum steel mean?

molybdenum steel means "steel containing 10-15% molybdenum; properties are similar to tungsten steel".

Is molybdenum steel a common word?

molybdenum steel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.