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Uses. About 80% of the vanadium produced is used as a steel additive. Vanadium-steel alloys are very tough and are used for armour plate, axles, tools, piston rods and crankshafts.Less than 1% of vanadium, and as little chromium, makes steel shock resistant and vibration resistant.t's also the catalytic power behind the production of sulphuric acid and its named after the Norse God of beauty, love and fertility. And to reveal her identify here's Chris Orvig. Chris Orvig. Vanadium, a first row transition metal in the Periodic Table, is an element of mystery.
Vanadium was rediscovered in 1830 by Nils Gabriel Sefstrom. He named it in honor of the Scandinavian goddess Vanadis because of the elementâs beautifully multicolored compounds. Properties of vanadium. Vanadium is a transition metal in Group 5 on the periodic table of the elements.In its pure form, vanadium is a bright white metal. It is soft, ductile and structurally strong.t is an important carbide stabilizer. About 80 percent of the vanadium now produced is used as ferrovanadium or as a steel additive. Vanadium foil is used as a bonding agent when cladding titanium to steel. Vanadium pentoxide is used in ceramics and as a catalyst.