Vanadium [V] (CAS-ID: 7440-62-2) locate me
An: 23 N: 28 Am: 50.9415 (1)
Group No: 5 
Block: d-block  Period: 4
State: solid at 298 K
Colour: silvery grey metallic Classification: Metallic
Boiling Point: 3680K (3407'C)
Melting Point: 2183K (1910'C)
Density: 6.0g/cm3
Availability: Vanadium is available in several forms including foil, granules, powder, rod, and turnings.
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Discovery Information
Who: Nils Sefstrom
When: 1830
Where: Sweden
Name Origin
From Vanadis the Scandinavian goddess.
Sources
Vanadium is never found unbound in nature but it does occur in about 65 different minerals among which are patronite (VS4), vanadinite [Pb5(VO4)3Cl], and carnotite [K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O]. Vanadium is also present in bauxite, and in carbon containing deposits such as crude oil, coal, oil shale and tar sands. The spectra of vanadium has also been detected in light from the sun and some other stars.
Uses
It is mixed with other metals to make very strong and durable alloys which are used in construction materials, tools, surgical instruments, springs and jet engines. Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is used as a catalyst in manufacturing sulfuric acid, a dye and colour-fixer.
Glass coated with vanadium dioxide (VO2) can block infrared radiation (and not visible light) at some specific temperature.
Notes
It is one of the 26 elements commonly found in living things.
Powdered metallic vanadium is a fire hazard, and all vanadium compounds are highly toxic. Vanadium compounds may cause lung cancer if inhaled.
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