Vanadium

Research on Vanadium**
 * Anh-Thi Le

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Vanadium is an element was discovered by Rio in 1801. Unfortunately, it did not correct. After that, vanadium was rediscovering by Sefstrom in 1830. Vanadium got its name because of name honor of the Scandianvian goddess. Vanadium is in Group 5 and Period 4 in Periodic Table The number of proton- 23 The number of neutron-28 The number of electron-23 The atomic number: 23. The atomic symbol: V - Electron configuration: 1s 2 2s 2 p 6 3s 2 p 6 d 3 4s 2 Atomic radius: 132.1 pm Oxidation states: 5,4,3,2,0. Common forms in mixture of vanadium: V2O5 ad NH4VO3

Average of atomic mass: 50.9415 Melting point: 2183K Boiling point: 3682K Density: 6.11g/ccSpecific heat: 0.49 J/gK Enthapy of Fusion: 17.57 kJ/mole Enthapy of Vaporization: 458.6 kJ/mole Description: Silvery-light metal, ductile, metallic-looking solid
 * __Physical Properties:__

**__**Chemical Properties:**__ It does not react with some strong acids like HCl or Sulfuric Acid; however, it does react with hot sulfuric acid and Nitric acid.
 * Vanadium is moderately reactive. It does not react with Oxygen and Water at all.

**__**Isotopes:**__ 50V (0.24%) and 51V (99.76%) 51V is the more common one and it has 28 neutrons and 23 protons. 50V is slightly radioactive, have a half-life around 6 quadrillion years. Meanwhile, 51V is a stable isotope.
 * Natural Vanadium is a mixture of two isotopes:

**__**Decay Process of 50V:**__ Decay by Beta Decay Method to produce Chromium-50
 * Decay by Electron Capture Method to produce Titanium-50

 **__**Uses of Vanadium:**__ the rest are used for building transportations, machinery and tool applications. sometimes,Vanadium also serves as a sport supplement for body building.
 * I****ndustrial and Commercial uses** : Steel alloys - third of all Vanadium steels are used for heavy construction;
 * Medical uses**: reduce blood sugar levels help curing diabetes;



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