Three bars of vanadium exhibiting different crystal forms and surface oxidation made using the crystal bar process , and a 1 cm 3 cube of the element for comparison. Vanadium is a hard, silvery gray, ductile and malleable transition metal named after Vanadís, another name for the Norse goddess Freyja . In nature, vanadium only exists in chemically combined form.
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