•  Molybdenite (MoS2) Synonyms:

molybdenum disulfide; MoS2, molybdenum(IV) sulfide; molybdenum sulfide, CAS# 1317-33-5, molybdenum disulphide, molybdenite, molybdenum sulphide, molybdic sulfide, molybdic sulphide, MoS2, black sulfide,

• Molybdenite (MoS2) Formula:

MoS₂

• Molybdenite (MoS2) Description:

a) Functions as a boundary lubricant. It is insoluble in water and dilute acids.

b) Molybdenite is the inorganic compound with the formula MoS2. This black crystalline sulfide of molybdenum occurs as a mineral. It is the principal ore from which molybdenum metal is extracted.

c) The atomic structure consists of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between sheets of sulfur atoms.

• Molybdenite (MoS2) Typical Chemical Properties Available:

98%  

• Molybdenite (MoS2) Particle Size Grades Available:

a) 20 mesh x down
b) 50 mesh x down
c) 150 mesh x down
d) 325 mesh by down
e) Median particle size of 1 - 2 microns (Super fine grade)

• Molybdenite (MoS2) Nominal Physical Constants:

• Molybdenite (MoS2) Typical Applications:

a) Dry lubricant for cold metal forming and extruding operations

b) Maintenance lubricant where oil and grease cannot be used

c) Friction reducing additive for grease and oil

d) "Molybdenite, a new material challenges Graphene?  Researchers from Switzerland's EPFL lab discovered that a material called Molybdenite (or MoS2) can be used as an alternative to Silicon - and might be a better than Graphene. Molybdenite is a common mineral - but hasn't been studied for electronics yet.

e) Molybdenite, a mineral that's currently used as a lubricant, turns out to have extraordinary electronic properties when deposited in single-atom-thick strips. Researchers in Switzerland have now made high-performance transistors out of this form of molybdenite. Used in this way, the mineral could hold promise for more efficient flexible solar cells, electronics, or high-performance digital microprocessors. 

f) Like graphene, an atom-thick form of carbon, "two-dimensional" molybdenite has electrical and optical properties that are much better than those found in three-dimensional forms of the material.

g) Researchers led by Andras Kis at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) made molybdenite transistors using methods used in the early days of graphene research. Molybdenite, a relatively inexpensive mineral of molybdenum disulfide, has a layered structure similar to that of raw graphite. Kis's group crushed crystals of molybdenite between folded pieces of tape, peeling back layer after layer until all that remained were single-atom-thick sheets. They then deposited the molybdenite sheets onto a substrate, added a layer of insulating material, and used standard lithography to add source and drain electrodes and a gate to make a transistor. Other researchers had done this before but didn't get good performance. Kis says the molybdenite transistors have a comparable electrical mobility to similar ones made from graphene nanoribbons". Source 

h) Molybdenite's bandgap is particularly promising for solar cells, LEDs, and other electro-optical devices.

• Molybdenite (MoS2) Available Packaging: 

One lb. can, 5 lb. can, 25 lb. pail, 200 lb. fiber drum, super sacks and loose bulk

• Molybdenite (MoS2) TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

Listed

• Molybdenite (MoS2) CAS Number:

CAS# 1317-33-5

• Molybdenite (MoS2) UN Number:

1950