VANADIUM

Vanadium is an essential element.

Pure vanadium is a greyish silvery metal, and is soft and ductile. It has good corrosion resistance to alkalis, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and salt waters. The metal oxidizes readily above 660°C to form V2O5. Industrially, most vanadium produced is used as an additive to improve steels.

Table: basic information about and classifications of vanadium.

Name: Vanadium Symbol: V Atomic number: 23 Atomic weight: 50.9415 (1) Standard state: solid at 298 K CAS Registry ID: 7440-62-2

Group in periodic table: 5 Group name: (none) Period in periodic table: 4 Block in periodic table: d-block Colour: silvery grey metallic Classification: Metallic

Vanadium was discovered by Andres Manuel del Rio and Nils Sefström in the year 1801 in Mexico and Sweden. Named after "Vanadis", the goddess of beauty in Scandinavian mythology.

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