Vandium

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Some Basic Information About the Element:

 * Atomic Symbol: V
 * Atomic Number: 23
 * Atomic Mass: 51

WHICH MEANS...
 * Number of protons in the nucleus || 23 ||
 * Number of neutrons in the nucleus || 28 ||
 * Number of electrons || <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">23 ||

<span style="color: #ff0047; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">OTHER KEY FACTS:
 * Melting Point: 1890 Degrees Celsius[[image:http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/ch462/periodic_table_vanadium.gif width="400" height="300" align="right"]]
 * Boiling Point: 3380 Degrees Celsius


 * Normal Phase: Solid


 * Cost (per 100 grams) = $220.00


 * Classification: Metal
 * Family: Transition Metals


 * The element Vanadium was discovered by Andres Manuel del Rio in the year 1801. It was then named after the Scandinavian goddess of beauty, "Vanadis", because it has beautiful, multi-colored chemical compounds.

<span style="color: #4bace7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">FUN FACTS:
 * <span style="color: #c43fe4; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It's never found free in nature but is present in 65 different minerals.
 * <span style="color: #e3549e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Researchers believe Vanadium can prevent cholesterol forming in the blood vessels.
 * <span style="color: #fbb070; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Common uses: surgical tools, springs, gears, crankshafts, magnets, stainless steel, storage batteries, axles, etc. (It's rust-resistant)
 * <span style="color: #5cca4e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It's a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal.
 * <span style="color: #38a1e0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It has 18 isotopes.
 * <span style="color: #afaf12; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It is fatal to humans if significant amounts are consumed.
 * <span style="color: #f80d0d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Researchers are studying its disease-curing capabilties.

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