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vanadium(V) oxide
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Oxide of Vanadium
Chemical data
- Formula
- O5V2
- Molecular weight
- 181.88 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dioxovanadiooxy(dioxo)vanadium
- SMILES
- O=[V](=O)O[V](=O)=O
- InChIKey
- GNTDGMZSJNCJKK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 77.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Vanadium(V) oxide (vanadia) is the inorganic compound with the formula V2O5. Commonly known as vanadium pentoxide, it is a dark yellow solid, although when freshly precipitated from aqueous solution, its colour is deep orange. Because of its high oxidation state, it is both an amphoteric oxide and an oxidizing agent. From the industrial perspective, it is the most important compound of vanadium, being the principal precursor to alloys of vanadium and is a widely used industrial catalyst.
The mineral form of this compound, shcherbinaite, is extremely rare, almost always found among fumaroles. A mineral trihydrate, V2O5·3H2O, is also known under the name of navajoite.
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