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VANADIUM

VANADIUM

• Vanadium's group number is 5.
• About 80% of the vanadium produced is used as a steel additive.
• It Is a Silvery metal that resists corrosion.

STATS OF VANADIUM

• Melting Point: 2183 K (1910°C or 3470°F)
• Boiling Point: 3680 K (3407°C or 6165°)
• Density: 6.0 grams per cubic centimeter

COMMON ISOTOPES

• Vanadium-50 and Vanadium-51
• Vanadium-50 is radioactive

PHYSICAL STATE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

• Vanadium is moderately reactive.
• It does not react with oxygen in the air at room temperatures.

IONIC RADIUS OF VANADIUM

• Ionic Radius: 59 (+5e) 74 (+3e)

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION OF VANADIUM

• Long electron configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d5 4s1
• Orbital Diagram for Vanadium 1s 2s 2p 2p 2p 3s 3p 3p 3p 4s 3d 3d

ELECTRONEGATIVITY OF VANADIUM

• The ELECTRONEGATIVITY of vanadium is 1.63

NATURAL SOURCE AND ABUNDANCE

• Vanadium occurs naturally in about 65 different minerals and in fossil fuel deposits.

2 ELEMENT USES

• Vanadium is used for big pieces of steel.
• It is used for military airplanes and different types of tools.

Andrés Manuel del Río discovered compounds of vanadium in 1801 in Mexico by analyzing a new lead-bearing mineral he called "brown lead," and presumed its qualities were due to the presence of a new element, which he named erythronium (Greek for "red") since, upon heating, most of its salts turned from their initial color to red. Four years later, however, he was (erroneously) convinced by other scientists that erythronium was identical to chromium. Chlorides of vanadium were generated in 1830 by Nils Gabriel Sefström who thereby proved that a new element was involved, which he named "vanadium" after the Scandinavian goddess of beauty and fertility, Vanadís (Freyja). Both names were attributed to the wide range of colors found in vanadium compounds.…