Fusion of the sample at 2300 degree C in a platinum bath provides a means for rapid, accurate, and reproducible analysis of oxygen in molybdenum. A program for the standardization of oxygen in nonferrous metals has provided a molybdenum reference material. . . . . . . Collaborative measurements using reductive fusion, 14-MeV neutron, charged particle and gamma activation techniques carried out as part of a program for the standardization of oxygen in nonferrous metals has provided a molybdenum reference material certified for 14. 7 plus or minus 2. 1 mu g O/g. Furthermore, the accuracy of the vacuum-fusion method is demonstrated. Fusion of the sample at 2300 degree C in a platinum bath provides a means for rapid, accurate, and reproducible analysis of oxygen in molybdenum.