vanadium steel

noun

vanadium steel

engineering steel containing up to 0.5 per cent vanadium, usually with 1.1–1.5 per cent chromium and 0.4–0.5 per cent carbon to increase its tensile strength and elasticity

First recorded in 1905–10

Vanadium steel is used throughout the construction of the car.

This housing is split horizontally, the upper half carrying the chrome vanadium steel rocker levers.

The crank-shaft is made of chrome vanadium steel of an elastic limit of 115,000 pounds.

The connecting rods are tubular and machined from chrome vanadium steel forgings.

The crank case was of aluminum and the shaft of vanadium steel, hollow, and specially treated to insure toughness.

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