Vanadium

Vanadium (CAS 7440-62-2) is a transition metal supplied in elemental form for metallurgical, catalytic, and energy storage applications.

Where is Vanadium used?

• Steel and titanium alloys: increases hardness and tensile strength
• High-strength structural steels for automotive frames, pipelines, and aerospace components
• Refineries: vanadium-based catalysts in fluid catalytic cracking
• Sulfuric acid production: drives key oxidation reactions
• Vanadium redox flow batteries: elemental vanadium as primary electrolyte feedstock
• Polymerization: catalyst precursor for ethylene-propylene rubbers and specialty polymers
• It functions primarily as an alloying agent and catalyst component.

Good to know: Its addition modifies the performance characteristics of end materials at relatively low concentrations. Purity grades range from technical to high-purity (99.5%+) for demanding catalytic and battery applications.

Commercial specifications

• Purity grades: technical to high-purity (99.5%+)
• Technical grade for metallurgical use; high-purity grades for chemical and energy storage
• Packaging in sealed containers to prevent oxidation during storage and transit