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

Example Sentences

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

They also use a quantity of vanadium steel imported from America and furnished by the American Vanadium Company.

From A Journey Through France in War Time by Butler, Joseph G. (Joseph Green)

The plant was a row of long low buildings of brick on the outskirts of the city, once devoted to the making of vanadium steel.

From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)