As nouns the difference between vanadium and wakefieldite
is that vanadium is vanadium (symbol: v) while wakefieldite is (mineralogy) any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.
vanadium
English
Noun
(
wikipedia vanadium)
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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
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* 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
*
See also
* carnotite
* patronite
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wakefieldite
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(mineralogy) Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.
References
* Wakefieldite-(Ce) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Ce).shtml]
* Wakefieldite-(La) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(La).shtml]
* Wakefieldite-(Nd) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Nd).shtml]
* Wakefieldite-(Y) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Y).shtml] 