1801 AD discovered
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 oxidation.
Subjects Who or What discovered?
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Andrés Manuel del Río Spanish–Mexican scient...
Objects To Whom or What was discovered?
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Vanadium (V) Hard, silvery-grey, mall...
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