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Vanadium   /vənˈeɪdiəm/   Listen
Vanadium

noun
1.
A soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite.  Synonyms: atomic number 23, V.



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... nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, ...
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