VANADIUM, V (23)
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ATOMIC ARCHITECTURE
VANADIUM
V (23)
vəˈneɪdiəm
PHONETICS
Vanadium is harder than most metals and steels, has good resistance to corrosion and it is stable against alkalis, sulfuric and hydrochloric acids. Oxidized in the air at about 933 K (660 °C, 1220 °F), yet an oxide layer forms even at room temperature.
ELEMENT BRIEF
1801 by Andres Manuel del Rio, Mexico and Nils Sefström, Sweden.
DISCOVERY
Scandinavian, Vanadis, is the goddess of beauty in Scandinavian mythology + -ium.
ETYMOLOGY
Vanadium
ELEMENT
V
SYMBOL
23
ATOMIC NUMBER
7440-62-2
CAS NUMBER

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM
Silver
ELEMENTAL COLOUR
-
REFRACTIVE INDEX
0.370
POISSON RATIO
8.337 cm³
MOLAR VOLUME
628.00M Pa, 6.197'9k Atm
BRINELL HARDNESS
7.00
MOHS HARDNESS
628.00M Pa, 6.197'9k Atm
VICKERS HARDNESS
4,560 m/s, Mach 13.294'5
SPEED OF SOUND
160.00G Pa, 1.579'1M Atm
BULK MODULUS
47.00G Pa, 463.853'9k Atm
SHEAR MODULUS
128.00G Pa, 1.263'3M Atm
YOUNG MODULUS
ALLOTROPES
NONE
2,183.15 K, 1,910.00 °C
MELTING POINT
3,680.15 K, 3,407.00 °C
BOILING POINT
-
AUTOMATIC IGNITION
-
FLASHPOINT
-
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
-
CRITICAL PRESSURE
31.000'000 W/(m K)
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
0.000'008'4 K¯¹
THERMAL EXPANSION
489.00 J/(kg K)
SPECIFIC HEAT
22.800 kJ/mol
HEAT FUSION
453.000 kJ/mol
HEAT VAPORISATION
-
HEAT COMBUSTION
-
CURIE POINT
-
NEEL POINT
-
ADIABATIC INDEX
Solid
PHASE
Conductor
ELECTRICAL TYPE
5.00M S/m
CONDUCTIVITY
200.00n Ω.m
RESISTIVITY
5.400 K
SUPERCONDUCTING POINT
-
MAGNETIC TYPE
0.000'000'062'8
MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY
0.000'000'062'8
MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY
0.000'383'700'00
VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY
Transition Metal
CLASSIFICATION
50.941'467'5
ATOMIC WEIGHT
171 pm
ATOMIC RADIUS
134 pm
COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND
112 pm
COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND
106 pm
COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND
179 pm
VAN DER WAALS RADIUS
[Ar]4s²3d³
ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
Cubic, Body-centred
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
6.110'00 g/cm³
DENSITY AS SOLID
5.500'00 g/cm³
DENSITY AS LIQUID
-
DENSITY AS GAS
lm_3m
SPACE GROUP NAME
229
SPACE GROUP NUMBER
π/2, π/2 π/2
LATTICE ANGLES
303, 303 303 pm
LATTICE CONSTANTS
5
VALENCE
1.63
ELECTRONEGATIVITY
50.66 kJ/mol
ELECTRON AFFINITY
IONISATION ENERGY
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0.000'1 %
UNIVERSE
0.006'1 %
METEORITES
0.000'04 %
SUN
0.019 %
EARTH CRUST
0.000'000'15 %
OCEANS
0.000'003 %
HUMANS
Stable
HALF LIFE
Stable
LIFETIME
3d³ = 3, 2, 0, +1/2
QUANTUM NUMBERS
5.100'00 b σs
NEUTRON CROSS SECTION
5.080'00 b σa
NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION
STABLE ISOTOPES
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UNSTABLE ISOTOPES
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