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Vanadium

Vanadium

 
PHYSICAL DATA

          Atomic Number

          23

          Atomic Weight

          50.942

          Density [ 20°C / 68°F ]

          6.11 g/cm3

          Melting Point

          1890 °C

GENERAL INFO
          History

Discovered in 1801 by Andres Manual del Rio in Mexico City, Mexico and in 1831 by Nils Selfstrom in Falun, Sweden.  The element is named after the Scandanavian goddess of beauty Vanadis.

          Uses
  • Oxide is used in ceramics and as a catalyst.
  • Some compounds used in dyeing and printing of fabrics.
  • Used in steel making to improve strength, toughness, abrasion resistance, and hardenability.  Forms carbides which increase wear resistance and high temperature strength.
  • Preferred alloying element for high-speed, high temperature steels.
FORMS
          Typical
          Pure forms: Vanadium compounds:
  • Primary Vanadium
  • Oxides
  • Minerals (vanadinite, carnotite, patronite)
  • Carbides
  • Vanadium Bearing Ferro Alloys
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