Element 23 of Periodic table is
Vanadium with atomic number 23,
atomic weight 50.9415.
Vanadium, symbol V, has a
Body Centered Cubic structure and Silver color.
Vanadium is a transition metal element.
Know everything about Vanadium Facts, Physical Properties, Chemical
Properties, Electronic configuration, Atomic and Crystal Structure.
Vanadium is a chemical element with symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery grey, ductile and malleable transition metal. The element is found only in chemically combined form in nature, but once isolated artificially, the formation of an oxide layer stabilizes the free metal somewhat against further oxidation.
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Periodic table is arranged by atomic number, number of protons in the nucleus which is same as number of
The atomic number increases from left to right. Periodic table starts at top left ( Atomic number 1) and
ends at bottom right (atomic number 118). Therefore you can directly look for atomic number
23 to find Vanadium on periodic table.
Another way to read periodic table and locate an element is by using group number (column)
and period number (row). To locate Vanadium on periodic
table look for cross section of group 5 and period
4 in the modern periodic table.
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The element Vanadium was discovered by Andrés Manuel del Río in year
1801 in Mexico and Sweden
derived its name from Vanadis, an Old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja
The table below shows the abundance of Vanadium in Universe, Sun, Meteorites,
Earth's Crust, Oceans and Human Body.
The solid state structure of Vanadium is Body Centered Cubic.
The Crystal structure can be described in terms of its unit Cell. The unit Cells repeats itself in
dimensional space to form the structure.
The unit cell is represented in terms of its lattice parameters, which are the lengths of the cell
Lattice Constants (a, b and c)
and the angles between them Lattice Angles (alpha, beta and gamma).
The positions of the atoms inside the unit cell are described by the set of atomic positions (
xi, yi, zi) measured from a reference lattice point.
The symmetry properties of the crystal are described by the concept of space groups. All possible
symmetric arrangements of particles in three-dimensional space are described by the 230 space groups
(219 distinct types, or 230 if chiral copies are considered distinct.
Vanadium atoms have 23 electrons and
the electronic shell structure is [2, 8, 11, 2] with Atomic Term Symbol (Quantum Numbers) 4F3/2.
Shell Structure of Vanadium - Electrons per energy
The ground state electronic configuration of Neutral Vanadium atom is
[Ar] 3d3 4s2.
The portion of Vanadium configuration that is equivalent to the noble gas of
the preceding period, is abbreviated as [Ar]. For atoms with many electrons, this
notation can become lengthy and so an abbreviated notation is used.This is important as it is
the Valence electrons 3d3 4s2, electrons in
the outermost shell that determine the chemical properties of the element.
Complete ground state electronic configuration for the Vanadium atom, Unabbreviated electronic configuration
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d3 4s2
Vanadium atomic radius is 171 pm, while it's covalent radius is 125 pm.
The electron affinity of Vanadium is 50.6 kJ/mol
Refer to table below for Ionization energies of Vanadium
Refer to below table for Vanadium Physical Properties
Vanadium is Conductor of electricity. Refer to
below for the Electrical properties of Vanadium
Refer to table below for Thermal properties of Vanadium
Isotopes of rhodium. Naturally occurring Vanadium has
1 stable isotope -
List of unique identifiers to search the element in various chemical registry databases