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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about vanadium -- element number 23 on the periodic table. Its different compounds are beautifully colored.

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For all the basics about vanadium, check out the Visual Elements Periodic Table.
For even more information about vanadium, check out The Elements by Theodore Gray.
We can use an amount of vanadium carbide to increase the hardness, toughness and resistance of iron. Vanadium carbide can also be used to prepare “tool steel” and “high speed steel” alloys.
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