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Vanadium vs Sherwoodite - What's the difference?

vanadium | sherwoodite |

As nouns the difference between vanadium and sherwoodite

is that vanadium is vanadium (symbol: v) while sherwoodite is (mineralogy) a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.

vanadium

English

Noun

(wikipedia vanadium) (-)
  • A chemical element, (symbol V) with an atomic number of 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.

    • Synonyms

    * panchromium (name proposed by the mineralogist ) * rionium (name proposed by the geologist )

    Derived terms

    * ferrovanadium * vanadate * vanadian * vanadiate * vanadic * vanadinite * vanadious * vanadite * * * vanadium-associated protein * vanadium bromoperoxidase * vanadium carbide * vanadium carbonyl * vanadium chloride * vanadium chromagen * vanadium dichloride * vanadium dioxide * vanadium oxide * vanadium oxytrichloride * vanadium pentachloride * vanadium pentoxide * vanadium steel * vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide * vanadium tetrachloride * vanadium tetraoxide * vanadium trichloride * vanadium trioxide * vanadium trisulfate, vanadium trisulphate * vanadocyte * vanadous * vanadyl

    Related terms

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    See also

    * carnotite * patronite ----

    sherwoodite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.

    • References

    * Sherwoodite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Sherwoodite.shtml]