Vanadium

[Sarah]

A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, foundcombined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as aninfusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate betweenthe metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties.Sumbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2.

[Kai]

a chemical element that is a silver-grey metal, used to make steel alloys (= mixtures of metals) and in ceramics (= making objects out of baked clay)

[Michiko]

The chemical element of atomic number 23, a hard gray metal of the transition series, used to make alloy steels.