vanadium
/və'neidjəm/
Definition
- Noun:
- A chemical element: Vanadium is a soft, silvery-white, metallic element that is toxic. It is used primarily as an alloying agent to strengthen steel.
- Occurrence: It is not found freely in nature but occurs in several complex minerals, such as carnotite and vanadinite.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Adding a small amount of vanadium to steel makes it stronger and more resistant to shock.
- The mineral vanadinite is an important source of vanadium.
Advanced Usage
- "Vanadium pentoxide (V₂O₅)": This is the most commercially important compound of vanadium, used as a catalyst in the production of sulfuric acid and in ceramics.
- Vanadium pentoxide is a key industrial catalyst.
Variants and Related Words
- Vanadate (n): A salt or ester of a vanadic acid.
- The geologist identified a mineral containing vanadate ions.
- Vanadic (adj): Relating to or containing vanadium, especially in a higher valence state.
- Vanadic compounds have specific catalytic properties.
Synonyms
- Element 23: Referring to its atomic number on the periodic table.
- V: Its chemical symbol.
Noun
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a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
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