Definition of Vanadium. Meaning of Vanadium. Synonyms of Vanadium

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Definition of Vanadium

Vanadium
Vanadium Va*na"di*um, n. [NL., fr. Icel. Vanad[=i]s, a surname of the Scandinavian goddess Freya.] (Chem.) A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2.

Meaning of Vanadium from wikipedia

- Vanadium is a chemical element; it has symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery-grey, malleable transition metal. The elemental metal is rarely...
- Chromium–vanadium steel (symbol Cr-V or CrV; 6000-series SAE steel grades, often marketed as "chrome vanadium") is a group of steel alloys incorporating...
- The vanadium redox battery (VRB), also known as the vanadium flow battery (VFB) or vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB), is a type of rechargeable flow...
- vanadium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vanadium is a chemical element with symbol V and atomic number 23. Vanadium may also refer to: Vanadium (band)...
- Vanadium(V) oxide (vanadia) is the inorganic compound with the formula V2O5. Commonly known as vanadium pentoxide, it is a brown/yellow solid, although...
- Group 5 is a group of elements in the periodic table. Group 5 contains vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta) and dubnium (Db). This group lies in the...
- Vanadium oxide may refer to: Vanadium(II) oxide (vanadium monoxide), VO Vanadium(III) oxide (vanadium sesquioxide or trioxide), V2O3 Vanadium(IV) oxide...
- Vanadium fluoride may refer to: Vanadium(II) fluoride (vanadium difluoride), VF2 Vanadium(III) fluoride (vanadium trifluoride), VF3 Vanadium(IV) fluoride...
- Vanadium nitrogenase is a key enzyme for nitrogen fixation found in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and is used as an alternative to molybdenum nitrogenase when...
- The Vanadium Corporation of America was a commercial producer of vanadium, a transition metal and a strengthening additive for steel. The company was...