vanadium steel

American  

noun

1. an alloy steel containing vanadium.

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vanadium steel British  

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of vanadium steel

First recorded in 1905–10

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vanadium steel

It used a strong, lightweight vanadium steel alloy to improve durability and featured a high ground clearance engineered to navigate dirt roads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

With a vanadium steel chisel and a four-pound jackhammer, La Paz succeeded in breaking off a piece the size of a pea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other airmen of yours have just reported that nothing can be found but ruins of the Socialist refuge, there—nothing but those, and the half-melted vanadium steel identification-tags of your best scouts!

From The Air Trust by England, George Allan

The vanadium steel quadrangle being in place, the next task was to adjust the wide stretching wing-frames of the big plane.

From The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest by Goldfrap, John Henry

With it we can get the greatest strength with the least weight, but it would not be good business to let our whole future depend upon being able to get vanadium steel.

From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry