V, Vanadium Ore Mineral Analysis

Vanadium is a rare, soft, ductile gray-white element commonly used to produce certain alloys. It is highly resistant to corrosion due to a protective oxide film on the surface. About 80 percent of the vanadium produced is used as a ferrovanadium or steel additive.

Vanadium alloys are used in jet engines and high speed aircraft bodies. It is also used in steel alloys, axles, crankshafts, gears and other critical equipment. Vanadium alloys are also used in nuclear reactors because vanadium has low neutron absorption capabilities and will not deform by friction at high temperatures.

Vanadium is also added to the glass paste to achieve a green or blue tint. Glass covered with vanadium dioxide can block infrared radiation at a certain temperature.

Vanadium is never found free in nature. There are nearly seventy minerals in vanadium. Vanadium is formed in carbon-containing deposits such as crude oil, coal and tar sand. Various vanadium ores are known, but none of them are mined. The largest sources are in South Africa and Russia.

Vanadium is abundant in many soils in varying amounts and is taken up by plants.

Vanadium compounds are not considered a serious danger to human health. Eye, nose and throat irritation is observed only in workers exposed to vanadium peroxide powder. Vanadium passes on people with foodstuffs such as buckwheat, soybeans, olive oil, sunflower oil, apples and eggs. If inhaled with vanadium, it causes bronchitis and pneumonia.

Health effects of vanadium intake include cardiovascular diseases, inflammation of the stomach and intestines, damage to the nervous system, bleeding of the liver and kidneys, skin rashes, nosebleeds, sore throats, dizziness, headache and behavioral changes.

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