VANADIUM

BASIC FACTS

• Atomic number: 23
• Atomic weight: 50.9415
• Element classification is a metal
• Melting point: 1910 degrees celcius
• Boiling point: 3407 degrees celcius

DISCOVEY

• Discovered by Andes Manuel Rio
• Was dicovered in 1801
• Was named after Scandinavian goddess vanadis
• Discovered a second time by Nil Gabriel Sefstrom
• Vanadium is commonly found in different metals

USES

• Used as an additive to steel or to make ferrovanandium
• Rust resistant, used frequently in chemical industry
• Commonly found in gears, crankshafts, axles
• Mixed with aluminum and titanium alloys for jet engines
• Used in nuclear reactor because of low neutron-adsorption ability

FERROVANADIUM

• Formed by mixing iron and vanadium
• Universal hardener, strengthener, and anit-corrosive additive to steel
• First used to make the Ford Model-T, and still used in auto industry
• Also used in surgical tools
• Mainly used in moving parts that generate a lot of heat, drill bits, engine turbines, etc.

OTHER INFORMATION

• Used is portable artillery pieces and body armour
• Used in "rebar" to reinforce concrete
• Used in batteries, can be discharged and recharged 20,000 times without losing performance
• Used in solar panels to collect energy
• Recently used in giant batteries called a "cell cube" , a solution to a renewable energy source

Websites used
http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/v.htm, http://www.webelements.com/vanadium/, http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele023.html, http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27829874, http://gearburn.com/2014/09/vanadium-cellcube-batteries-could-power-south-a..., http://www.wbrl.co.uk/ferro-vanadium.html,