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vanadium
[ vuh-ney-dee-uhm ]
noun
- a rare element occurring in certain minerals and obtained as a light-gray powder with a silvery luster or as a ductile metal: used as an ingredient of steel to toughen it and increase its shock resistance. : V; : 50.942; : 23; : 5.96.
vanadium
/ vəˈneɪdɪəm /
noun
- a toxic silvery-white metallic element occurring chiefly in carnotite and vanadinite and used in steel alloys, high-speed tools, and as a catalyst. Symbol: V; atomic no: 23; atomic wt: 50.9415; valency: 2–5; relative density: 6.11; melting pt: 1910±10°C; boiling pt: 3409°C
vanadium
/ və-nā′dē-əm /
- A soft, bright-white metallic element that occurs naturally in several minerals. It has good structural strength and is used especially to make strong varieties of steel. Atomic number 23; atomic weight 50.942; melting point 1,890°C; boiling point 3,000°C; specific gravity 6.11; valence 2, 3, 4, 5.
- See Periodic Table
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This means that their offerings could eventually be cheaper than other grid storage candidates, like lithium-ion and vanadium flow batteries.
Iron struck them as a low-cost alternative to vanadium, “but it had challenges,” says Evans.
Evans and Song initially set out to design a vanadium flow battery but changed course when they stumbled across some iron-based chemistry done at Case Western Reserve University in 1981.
You might, for instance, one day wear a jacket or camp under a tent coated with phase-shifting vanadium oxide–kept cool one minute, then warm the next.
Unlike most metals, vanadium oxide is a poor conductor of heat, which makes it ideal as an insulator.
A good deal of Vanadium alloy is used, and this is made in America.
Vanadium steel is used throughout the construction of the car.
Vanadium as an alloy increases the elastic limit, making the steel stronger, tougher and harder.
Nickel steel rods may be used for parts requiring great strength, but vanadium alloys are very difficult to handle.
Vanadium is detected by the red colouration produced by passing sulphuretted hydrogen into ammoniacal solutions for some time.
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