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Vanadium is probably one of those obscure metals that you don't learn much about in school. Basically, it is an element found as a part of several minerals. Now it's used in nuclear power plants and purification processes. You'll find it in the top row of transition metals just to the right of titanium.

It was discovered and named in 1901 by a scientist named del Rio in Mexico and later by another scientist named Sefstrom in Sweden. It was named after the Scandinavian goddess Vanadis. It wasn't until 1867 that pure vanadium was isolated. When purified, vanadium is a bright white metal.

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