Refractory Alloys Vanadium is stocked by 8 North American distributors and produced by 3 large mills. Distributors will offer small quantity buys while mills will generally only sell large quantities, with delivery times anywhere from 10 to 50 weeks depending on size and form required
This material is stocked primarily in Flat Rolled Products by 8 distributors but is also available to a lesser extent in Bar Products, Wire Products, Tubular Products, Powder, and Scientific Forms.
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Specifications
The following specifications cover Refractory Alloys Vanadium
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Property Results
Chemistry Data : [top]
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Principal Design Features
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Vanadium is a refractory metal with a number of interesting properties including a relatively low density, high strength at high temperature, superconductivity, low temp ductility and fabricability and excellent corrosion resistance. It is widely available in a variety of mill forms and finds usage in superconducting wire and a variety of nuclear industry components.
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Applications
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Vanadium is a good metal for consideration in parts requiring low density, low, neutron capture cross sections, high strength at high temperatures, good low temp ductility and good corrosion resistance in harsh environments.
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Machinability
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Vanadium has a tendency towards galling. Both high speed and carbide tooling have been successfully employed.
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Forming
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Vanadium has excellent forming characteristics and may be readily formed at room temperature.
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Welding
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Vanadium is extremely reactive with nitrogen and oxygen gases, so great care should be taken not to expose the material. TIG welding may be employed, provided the work piece is flooded front and back with argon or helium.
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Forging
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Because of its excellent low temp ductility, vanadium can be forged at room temperature.
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Cold Working
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Vanadium can be blanked, swaged, spun and cold forged at room temperature.
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Annealing
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Recrystallization occurs at 1630 F.
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Other Physical Props
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Crystal Structure: body centered cubic
Boiling Point: 6156 F
Superconductivity: (Tc) -268.7 C H.R.E.
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Physical Data : [top]
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Density (lb / cu. in.)
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0.221
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Melting Point (Deg F)
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3440
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Poissons Ratio
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0.36
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Mechanical Data : [top]
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