Vanadium

Vanadium: physical properties

Temperatures

• Melting point: 2183 [or 1910 °C (3470 °F)] K
• Boiling point: 3680 [or 3407 °C (6165 °F)] K (liquid range: 1497  K
• Critical temperature: no data  K
• Superconduction temperature: 5.40 [or -267.7 °C (-449.9 °F)] K

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Expansion and conduction properties

• Thermal conductivity: 31  W m^-1 K^-1
• Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 8.4  x 10^-6 K^-1

Bulk properties

• Density of solid: 6110  kg m^-3
• Molar volume: 8.32  cm³
• Velocity of sound: 4560  m s^-1

Elastic properties

• Youngs modulus: 128  GPa
• Rigidity modulus: 47  GPa
• Bulk modulus: 160  GPa
• Poissons ratio: 0.37  (no units)

Hardnesses

• Mineral hardness: 7.0  (no units)
• Brinell hardness: 628  MN m^-2
• Vickers hardness: 628  MN m^-2

Electrical properties

• Electrical resistivity: 20  10^-8 Ω m; or mΩ cm

Optical properties

The image above is a virtual representation of vanadium metal calculated by Patrick Callet using the complex diectric function of the element only.

• Reflectivity: 61  %
• Refractive index: no data  (no units)

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