Vanadium

​ Vanadium. By:  Vanessa


 * ​Atomic Number: ** 23


 * Protons: 23​ ** ​ ​


 * Electrons: ** 23

**Neutrons: **  28


 * Average Atomic Mass:  ​5.9415 **


 * Isotopes: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> V-2, V-50, V-51

<span style="color: #e2cb5a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Discovery:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Vanadium was originally discovered by Andres Manuel del Rio in 1801, but his findings were lost and other scientists proved that it was only pure chromium. It was rediscovered by Nils Gabriel Sefstromin 1830, Sweden.

<span style="color: #b659e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Name:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nils Gabriel Sefstrom named this element after Vanadis, the scandinavian goddess, because of it's beautiful multicolored compounds.

<span style="color: #e788d3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Uses:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Vanadium is used in rust resistant tools steels, storage batteries, and lacrosse shafts.


 * <span style="color: #22c975; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Interesting Facts: **Vanadium is never found free in nature but it can be found in 65 different minerals. Vanadium is a trace mineral needed by the human body in very small amounts. Scientist believe that vanadium can prevent cholestrol forming in the blood vessels.

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 * <span style="color: #e37dbc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Sources:D **
 * <span style="color: #eab34d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Photo:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Vanadium_1.jpg
 * <span style="color: #ea5de8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjb_IKDiz8
 * <span style="color: #5ede79; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/vanadium.html
 * <span style="color: #8078ed; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/23.html
 * <span style="color: #17ab89; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://corrosionsource.com/handbook/periodic/23.html
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