Vanadium Element (Periodic Table)

Vanadium (V) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 5 and the period 4, and has the atomic number 23. It is a hard, malleable, silvery-grey transition metal, which is named after “Vanadis”, the Scandinavian goddess Freyja. It is the 20^th most abundant element on earth.

group

period

1
H

2
He

3
Li

4
Be

5
B

6
C

7
N

8
O

9
F

10
Ne

11
Na

12
Mg

13
Al

14
Si

15
P

16
S

17
Cl

18
Ar

19
K

20
Ca

21
Sc

22
Ti

23
V

24
Cr

25
Mn

26
Fe

27
Co

28
Ni

29
Cu

30
Zn

31
Ga

32
Ge

33
As

34
Se

35
Br

36
Kr

37
Rb

38
Sr

39
Y

40
Zr

41
Nb

42
Mo

43
Tc

44
Ru

45
Rh

46
Pd

47
Ag

48
Cd

49
In

50
Sn

51
Sb

52
Te

53
I

54
Xe

55
Cs

56
Ba

72
Hf

73
Ta

74
W

75
Re

76
Os

77
Ir

78
Pt

79
Au

80
Hg

81
Tl

82
Pb

83
Bi

84
Po

85
At

86
Rn

87
Fr

88
Ra

104
Rf

105
Db

106
Sg

107
Bh

108
Hs

109
Mt

110
Ds

111
Rg

112
Cn

113
Nh

114
Fl

115
Mc

116
Lv

117
Ts

118
Og

57
La

58
Ce

59
Pr

60
Nd

61
Pm

62
Sm

63
Eu

64
Gd

65
Tb

66
Dy

67
Ho

68
Er

69
Tm

70
Yb

71
Lu

89
Ac

90
Th

91
Pa

92
U

93
Np

94
Pu

95
Am

96
Cm

97
Bk

98
Cf

99
Es

100
Fm

101
Md

102
No

103
Lr

– d block

FAQs on Vanadium Element

Vanadium
‣ What does vanadium look like? Appearance: blue-silver-grey metal
‣ Who discovered vanadium and when? Discovery: Nils Gabriel Sefstrom (1830) First isolation: Henry Enfield Roscoe (1867)
‣ Where is vanadium located on the periodic table? Location: Vanadium is found in the fifth column of the periodic table, next to the titanium element.
‣ What is the atomic number of vanadium? Atomic number (Z): 23
‣ What is the symbol of vanadium? Symbol: V
‣ What is the atomic weight of vanadium? Standard atomic weight: 50.9415
‣ What block does vanadium belong to? Block: d-block
‣ What group is vanadium in on the periodic table? Group: 5
‣ What period is vanadium on the periodic table? Period: 4
‣ Vanadium atomic radius: empirical: 134 pm
‣ Vanadium covalent radius: 153±8 pm
‣ What is the melting point of vanadium? Melting point: 2183 K (1910 °C, 3470 °F)
‣ What is vanadium boiling point? Boiling point: 3680 K (3407 °C, 6165 °F)
‣ How many electron shells does vanadium have? Electrons per shell: 2, 8, 11, 2
‣ What is the ground state electron configuration of vanadium? Electron configuration: [Ar] 3d³ 4s²
‣ What is the ionization energy of vanadium? Ionization energies: 1st: 650.9 kJ/mol 2nd: 1414 kJ/mol 3rd: 2830 kJ/mol
‣ What is the phase of vanadium? Phase (at r.t): solid
‣ What is the density of vanadium? Density (near r.t): 6.11 g/cm³ when liquid (at m.p): 5.5 g/cm³
‣ Vanadium magnetic ordering: paramagnetic
‣ Vanadium natural occurrence: primordial
‣ What is the oxidation state of vanadium? Oxidation state: +2, +3, +4, +5
‣ What’s the electronegativity of vanadium? Electronegativity: Pauling scale: 1.63
‣ Vanadium poisson’s ratio: 0.37
‣ Vanadium heat of fusion: 21.5 kJ/mol
‣ Vanadium heat of vaporization: 444 kJ/mol
‣ Vanadium molar heat capacity: 24.89 J/(mol K)
‣ Vanadium molar magnetic susceptibility: +255.0 × 10^-6 cm³/mol (298 K)
‣ Speed of sound in vanadium: 4560 m/s (at 20 °C)
‣ What is the crystal structure of vanadium? Crystal structure: body-centered cubic (bcc)
‣ Thermal expansion of vanadium: 8.4 µm/(m.K) (at 25 °C)
‣ Thermal conductivity of vanadium: 30.7 W/(m.K)
‣ Vanadium electrical resistivity: 197 nΩ.m (at 20 °C)
‣ What is the hardness of vanadium? Mohs hardness: 6.7 Vickers hardness: 628-640 MPa Brinell hardness: 600-742 MPa
‣ Young’s modulus of vanadium: 128 GPa
‣ Shear modulus of vanadium: 47 GPa
‣ Bulk modulus of vanadium: 160 GPa
‣ Vanadium CAS number: 7440-62-2

‣ Vanadium vapor pressure

Vapor pressure
P (Pa)	1	10	100	1 k	10 k	100 k
at T (K)	2101	2289	2523	2814	2814	3187

‣ How many isotopes does vanadium have?

Main isotopes of vanadium
Isotope	Abundance	Half-life (t_1/2)	Decay mode	Product
⁴⁸V	syn	16 d	β⁺	⁴⁸Ti
⁴⁹V	syn	330 d	ε	⁴⁹Ti
⁵⁰V	0.25 %	1.5 × 10¹⁷ y	ε β^–	⁵⁰Ti ⁵⁰Cr
⁵¹V	99.75 %		stable

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