vanadium pentoxide

noun

: a yellowish-red crystalline compound V2O5 used especially in glass manufacture and as a catalyst

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Price for vanadium pentoxide fused flake in Rotterdam. Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2018

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1869, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of vanadium pentoxide was in 1869

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“Vanadium pentoxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanadium%20pentoxide. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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