vanadium pentoxide


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vanadium pentoxide

n.
A highly toxic yellow to red crystalline powder, V2O5, used as a catalyst in various organic reactions and as a starting material for other vanadium salts. Also called vanadic acid anhydride..
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Noun1.vanadium pentoxide - any of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts
oxyacid, oxygen acid - any acid that contains oxygen
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The Company also recovered approximately 760,000 pounds of high-purity vanadium pentoxide ("V2O5" or "black flake") during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and expects to continue to recover approximately 160,000 to 200,000 pounds of V2O5 per month during the third quarter of 2019, at which time the Company expects to place vanadium recovery operations at the Mill on standby, pending improvements in vanadium prices.
However, prices of vanadium pentoxide were volatile in the reporting period, starting the year at around USD16 a pound before falling to around USD7 a pound by the end of June.
Since December of 2018, Evraz Stratcor has been processing vanadium concentrate, supplied by USV, into Vanadium Pentoxide ('V2O5') at its Hot Springs facility under a tolling agreement with USV.
Since December of 2018, Evraz Stratcor has been processing vanadium concentrate, supplied by USV, into Vanadium Pentoxide ("V2O5") at its Hot Springs facility under a tolling agreement with USV.
The mill has produced about 45M pounds of vanadium pentoxide, or V2O5, during its nearly 40-year operating history.
Vanadium pentoxide is used in ceramics and as a catalyst for the production of sulfuric acid.
Guzhang is principally engaged in the exploration and mining of vanadium-containing stone coals, mineral processing, production and sale of vanadium-related products including vanadium pentoxide, vanadium alloys and other metallurgical products in China.
While, vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is added with chemical purity grade 99.5% as oxide containing 0.5% of other vanadium oxides.
Suboxides V[O.sub.x] (x < 1), monoxide VO, and [V.sub.7][O.sub.13] are metallic, while vanadium pentoxide is a dielectric with a bandgap of [E.sub.g] ~ 2.35 eV.