vanadium
IPA: vʌnˈeɪdiʌm
noun
- A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
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Examples of "vanadium" in Sentences
- The name is a contraction of Uranium vanadium.
- The same is true for vanadium and molybendium.
- Nickel and vanadium are particularly troublesome.
- Count this as support for vanadium oxytrichloride.
- The catalyst is tetravalent or pentavalent vanadium.
- Reduction of vanadium pentoxide with calcium gives pure vanadium.
- Ten percent of the blood cell pigment of the sea cucumber is vanadium.
- Vanadium nitride, VN, is a chemical compound of vanadium and nitrogen.
- The vanadium ends up in pig iron produced from vanadium bearing magnetite.
- In 1927, pure vanadium was produced by reducing vanadium pentoxide with calcium.