Using Vanadium
Vanadium is used in many industries and applications, from automobiles, power generation, and hand tools, to ships, industrial tools and aeroplanes. Click on the images below to see and learn about many examples.
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Aerospace
Vanadium is found in aircraft components including landing gear using ultra high strength steel 300M, and airframe and engine parts using titanium alloys such as Ti-6Al-4V.
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Automotive
Many applications of vanadium exist in modern automobiles including HSLA and AHSS for body structure, and microalloyed forging steels for engine and chassis.
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Hand Tools
Vanadium and chromium are added to increase the surface hardness and resistance to distortion under load in many hand tools.
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High Strength Bolts
Vanadium is often added to high strength bolts to improve their resistance to hydrogen induced delayed failure.
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Knives
Many steels used for high quality knives contain vanadium to increase hardness and edge retention.
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Machinery/Bearings
In high strength heat treated steels used in machinery vanadium is often an important component improving strength and toughness due to temper resistance.
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Mooring & Anchor Chains
Welded heavy chains, used for mooring ships and offshore platforms exploit vanadium which provides increased strength and wear resistance.
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Power Stations
Power stations rely on vanadium in many high strength creep resistant components using carbon and stainless steels subjected to high temperatures and corrosive environments.
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Rails
Vanadium can be added to improve the properties of high performance pearlitic and bainitic rail steels required for extreme service conditions.
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Railway Wagons
Special vanadium steels, with improved wear and corrosion resistance, have been developed for railway wagons used for carrying bulk supplies of hard materials.
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Sheet Piling
High strength vanadium microalloyed steels supplied in the “as rolled” condition are widely used for sheet piling in marine environments.
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Ships
In ship plate and bulb flats vanadium is used to achieve high strength and toughness, while maintaining excellent weldability.
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Steel & Chemical Plant
Vanadium is an essential alloying element in a number of steels used in steel and chemical plant.
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Tools & Dies
Tools and dies, used to manufacture engineering components and everyday articles, often contain vanadium for improved cutting edge hardness and wear resistance.
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Transmission Towers
Electricity transmission towers are lighter and higher performance due to high strength, tough and weldable vanadium microalloyed HSLA section steels.
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Welded & Seamless Tubes
Vanadium is used in welded and seamless tubular high strength steel structures.
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