Abstract
The total rate of dielectronic recombination of Mo xxxiii to form Mo xxxiii is computed by means of the fundamental atomic physics of the process and atomic data calculated for this problem. Agreement with a simple analytic expression suggested by Burgess for the total rate is good in the temperature range 1.0-6.0 keV, but poor below 1.0 keV. Considerable disagreement exists with the analytic expression when the details of the process are examined.