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vanadium

Also known as V, element 23, 23V

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 found in nature, but once isolated artificially, the formation of an oxide layer (passivation) somewhat stabilizes the free metal against further oxidation.

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Vanadium is a hard, silvery-grey metal (element V) that doesn't naturally occur in pure form but becomes more stable once artificially isolated and develops a protective oxide coating. It's a transition metal with useful properties, though it's rarely encountered as elemental metal in nature.

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Chemical data

Formula: V
Molecular weight: 50.9415 g/mol
IUPAC name: vanadium
SMILES: [V]
InChIKey: LEONUFNNVUYDNQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Polar surface area: 0 Å²
H-bond donors: 0
H-bond acceptors: 0
Formal charge: 0

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Research

16,020 papers

Vanadium.ReviewJournal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology · 1999Barceloux DGDOI: 10.1081/clt-100102425
Vanadium Compounds with Antidiabetic Potential.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Amaral LMPF, Moniz T, Silva AMN et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115675
Trends in vanadium neurotoxicity.ReviewBrain research bulletin · 2019Fatola OI, Olaolorun FA, Olopade FE et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2018.03.010
Vanadium and diabetes.ReviewBioFactors (Oxford, England) · 1999Thompson KHDOI: 10.1002/biof.5520100105
Vanadium extraction from steel slag: Generation, recycling and management.ReviewEnvironmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2024Yang MQ, Yang JYDOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123126
Vanadium in Biosphere and Its Role in Biological Processes.ReviewBiological trace element research · 2018Tripathi D, Mani V, Pal RPDOI: 10.1007/s12011-018-1289-y
Vanadium sustainability in the context of innovative recycling and sourcing development.ReviewWaste management (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Petranikova M, Tkaczyk AH, Bartl A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.04.007
Vanadium in cancer treatment.ReviewCritical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2002Evangelou AMDOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(01)00221-9

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 50.9415
Image: Vanadium 1.jpg

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electronegativity: 1.63
oxidation state: 5
element symbol: V
Commons category: Vanadium
atomic number: 23
Commons gallery: Vanadium
canonical SMILES: [V]
melting point: 1887
chemical formula: V
boiling point: 3377
Unicode character: 釩
time of discovery or invention: 1801-00-00
ionic radius: 0.54
electron configuration: [Ar] 3d³ 4s²

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History
Characteristics
Isotopes
Compounds
Oxyanions
Halide derivatives
Coordination compounds
Organometallic compounds
Occurrence
Production
Applications
Alloys
Catalysts
Other uses
Proposed
Biological role
Vanadoenzymes
Vanadium accumulation in tunicates
Fungi
Mammals
Research
Safety
See also
References
Further reading
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Spanish-Mexican scientist Andrés Manuel del Río discovered compounds of vanadium in 1801 by analyzing a new lead-bearing mineral he called "brown lead". Though he initially presumed its qualities were due to the presence of a new element, he was later erroneously convinced by French chemist Hippolyte Victor Collet-Descotils that the element was just chromium. Then in 1830, Nils Gabriel Sefström generated chlorides of vanadium, thus proving there was a new element, and named it "vanadium" after the Scandinavian goddess of beauty and fertility, Vanadís (Freyja). The name was based on the wide range of colors found in vanadium compounds. Del Río's lead mineral was ultimately named vanadinite for its vanadium content. In 1867, Henry Enfield Roscoe obtained the pure element.