VANADIUM Pic of Vanadium

Vanadium is a chemical element with the

symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a

hard, silvery-grey, malleable transition

metal. The elemental metal is rarely

found in nature, but once isolated

artificially, the formation of an oxide

layer (passivation) somewhat stabilizes

the free metal against further

oxidationproperty of vanadium. It is

Vanadium Usages
harder than most metals and exhibits
Vanadium can be used to make steel alloys, for use in

good corrosion resistance against alkalis

space vehicles, nuclear reactors and aircraft carriers, etc.

and acids.It belongs to the transition

Vanadium steel alloys' strength means that they are

metal category, period 5 and group 4 of

perfectly suited to the creation of tools, axels, piston rods

the periodic table. and as girders in construction. Vanadium can be utilised

in ceramics as a pigment.

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 Xenon Xenon Pics

Xenon (Xe), chemical element, a heavy

and extremely rare gas of Group 18

(noble gases) of the periodic table. It was

the first noble gas found to form true

chemical compounds. More than 4.5

times heavier than air, xenon is

colourless, odourless, and

tasteless.properties of Xenon
Xenon is a rare, colourless, odourless,

tasteless and chemically unreactive gas.

Xenon Usages
Xenon is a trace gas ( i.e., which makes up

xenon uses
less than 1 % by volume of Earth's

atmosphere. It is found as a component

In addition to headlamps and ion drive engines, xenon is used

in gases released from a few mineral

for photographic flash lamps, bactericidal lamps (because it

springs.It was regarded as completely

produces ultraviolet light), various lasers, moderate nuclear
inert until, in 1962, Neil Bartlett reported
reactions, and motion picture projectors. Xenon can also be

synthesis of xenon haxafluoroplatinate.

used as a general anesthetic gas.
In a gas filled tube xenon emits blue light

when excited by electrical discharge.

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