Vanadium

Definition of Vanadium

Va`na´di`um
n.1.(Chem.) A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 50.94 (C12=12.000).

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atomic number 23, carnotite, metal, metallic element, V, vanadinite
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