vanadium
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9.6
- noun
- /vəˈneɪdiəm/
- Specialized
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vanadio
- Consequently, Stretford units must be designed to handle sulfur cake and blowdown solution that contains vanadium.
- manganese and vanadium
- chromium and vanadium
- vanadium and niobium
He he made his Model T out of a new kind of steel imported from France, Vanadium steel.
- He he made his Model T out of a new kind of steel imported from France, Vanadium steel.
Examples
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Derived from a patented vanadium-based redox regenerative fuel cell, VRB's flow batteries convert chemical energy into electrical energy.
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Aerosols richer in vanadium are more likely to come from areas where heavy oil is burned, such as eastern North America.
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Instead, the material at the heart of a flow battery cell is vanadium, a plentiful, nontoxic metal.
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The most popular flow battery on the market uses vanadium redox technology, using charged vanadium in a dilute sulfuric acid solution to store energy.
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A flow battery (shown here in a three-dimensional rendering) stores energy electrochemically in the form of vanadium ions suspended in a solution.
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Energy is stored chemically in different ionic forms of vanadium within a dilute sulfuric acid electrolyte.
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Vanadium is often used in vanadium steel alloys to enhance their strength and durability.
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The metallurgist explained that vanadium contributes to the hardness of the alloy.
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In construction, vanadium is valued for its ability to improve the toughness of steel.
Synonyms
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8.1
A silvery metal used to make some steel stronger
Compounds
- Specialized
A strong steel that has vanadium added to make it harder and more heat resistant
- Specialized
A yellow-red solid used to speed chemical reactions and make other vanadium chemicals
Surface Forms
Morphology
vanadium = vanad + ium
The suffix '-ium' transparently signals a chemical element, but the stem 'vanad' is not an English word and does not convey the specific meaning to learners.
Etymology
Vanadium was named by a Swedish chemist after the Norse goddess Vanadis ('the beautiful one') because many of its compounds show bright, changing colors. So remember vanadium as the 'beautiful' metal whose colorful compounds gave it its name and that is used to make steel stronger.