Vanadium

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

vanadate

See for

V element

Broader Terms

heavy metal

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• What is vanadium? Vanadium is a compound that occurs in nature as a white-to-gray metal, and is often found as crystals.
• Standard state: solid at 298 K Colour: silvery grey metallic Classification: Metallic Availability: vanadium is available in several forms including foil, granules, powder, rod, and turnings.
• Vanadinite -- MII Photo Background Vanadium is a soft, silver-gray metallic element.
• Sources Vanadium is found in about 65 different minerals among which are carnotite, roscoelite, vanadinite, and patronite, important sources of the metal.
• mol -1 Discovered by Nils Sefstrom in 1830 Vanadium Vanadium is a rare, soft, ductile gray-white element found combined in certain minerals and used mainly to produce certain alloys.

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