Molybdenum boats are widely used in the vacuum thermal evaporation air, the capacitor's sinter, the nuclear fuel's sinter, rare earth industry, and so on. During sintering of other elements, molybdenum boats will not be dissolved, because the melting point of molybdenum boats is much higher than other chemical elements. Molybdenum boats are also used as carrying boats and related parts of high-temperature furnace of machines.

Since molybdenum boats can be divided according to shapes, they have their own advantages in application. For example, boats with oval dimple have a higher capacity while those with round dimples are less affected by shorting through evaporation.