vanadium

IPA: vʌnˈeɪdiʌm

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.

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.