Hi,
do you guys know of any source of Vanadium ?
I am asking about commonly available items.
Vanadium steel is very poor source with 0.15%-0.25% content.
Please do not reply that I can buy pure V on ebay or somewhere else.DraconicAcid - 20-12-2024 at 10:17
Vanadium(V) oxide is available from pottery supplies. That fact makes it possible for my college to do a lab with the oxidation states of vanadium,
as buying reagent grade vanadium compounds is financially out of our budget.Texium - 20-12-2024 at 11:49
I second that. V2O5 isn’t the most convenient source for doing low valence vanadium chemistry, and certainly isn’t a
practical starting point for vanadium metal, but it is the only OTC source I know of if you’re excluding eBay and other online sellers.Admagistr - 20-12-2024 at 13:02
What about Ferrovanad? I have one that's 80% Vanadium! I wonder how to convert it into a solution as easily as possible? I don't think the acid route
is very promising unless I want to work with HF...
There is still a mixture of HCl with HNO3, I don't remember its English name, in our country it is called "Lučavka Královská";-)
[Edited on 20-12-2024 by Admagistr]Sir_Gawain - 20-12-2024 at 13:17
There is still a mixture of HCl with HNO3, I don't remember its English name, in our country it is called "Lučavka Královská";-)
In English it’s aqua regia, which is Latin for “royal water”.
In the Czech language it means something like Royal Examiner, Royal Distinguisher. Thanks for the explanation, I'll remember it now, I know a bit of
Latin from University, but I've forgotten most of it.
[Edited on 21-12-2024 by Admagistr]moviez - 31-12-2024 at 19:43
If you need elemental Vanadium, you may go to Alabama or Temu and buy a Vanadium element cube. I have seen them selling it for under 20 USD for 1
cubic centimeter. Although I didn’t buy the V cube, I did buy a few cubes with other elements (Cu, Mo etc) and they seem fine. woelen - 2-1-2025 at 03:10
These cubes are nice, but as a source for experimenting they are way too expensive.
Vanadium is quite expensive anyway, and indeed the only common source besides lab suppliers is V2O5.
This is a soluble vanadium compound, a very convenient source for experimenting. It is quite expensive, but that is true for all vanadium compounds.
If you want the metal in pure form, then this may be interesting: https://onyxmet.com/index.php?route=product/product&prod...
This is cheaper (when counting vanadium content) than vanadyl sulfate. Vanadium can be dissolved in acids like HCl and you then get the blue vanadyl
ion in solution.
