Elements / 23
23V50.942
Vanadium
Transition metal · d-block · ring N · spoke 5
Vanadium is element 23, a transition metal. It sits on ring N (period 4) on spoke 5. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 6 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
|---|---|---|
| Melting point | 2,183 K · 1,910 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 3,680 K · 3,407 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 1.63 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 651 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 50.9415 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 120 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1801 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- In 1801 a professor in Mexico found it in brown lead from Zimapan, then withdrew his claim when told it was lead chromate.
- Named in honor of a Scandinavian goddess of beauty, after the brilliant colors of its compounds.
Checked against vanderkrogt.net.
Spoke 5
Ring N (period 4)
Play with Vanadium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.