Vanadium
Transition Metal
Vanadium (V) is a chemical element with atomic number 23, classified as a transition metal. At room temperature it is a solid. It was discovered in 1801 by Andrés Manuel del Río.
Properties
- Atomic number
- 23
- Atomic mass
- 50.942 u
- Category
- Transition Metal
- Group
- 5
- Period
- 4
- Block
- d-block
- Electron configuration
- [Ar] 3d³ 4s²
- Phase at STP
- Solid
- Density
- 6.11 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 2183 K (1909.8 °C)
- Boiling point
- 3680 K (3406.8 °C)
- Electronegativity
- 1.63
- Atomic radius
- 171 pm
- Ionization energy
- 6.746 eV
- Discovery
- 1801 · Andrés Manuel del Río
Common uses
Steel alloys, springs, tools, catalysts
Did you know?
Makes steel incredibly tough - used in medieval Damascus steel.
Experiment with the elements
Vanadium doesn't form any compounds in our lab yet, but the periodic table sandbox lets you combine dozens of other real elements into real compounds — water, table salt, ammonia and many more — with their true chemical formulas.