Vanadium is a chemical element; it has symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery-grey, malleable transition metal. The elemental metal is rarely found in nature, but once isolated artificia
Vanadium crystal bar and 1cm 3 cube
Polycrystalline high-purity (99.95%) vanadium cuboids, ebeam remelted and macro-etched
From left: [V(H2O)6]2+ (lilac), [V(H2O)6]3+ (green), [VO(H2O)5]2+ (blue) and [VO(H2O)5]3+ (yellow)
Chromium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal.
Vanadium
…due to the presence of a new element, he was later erroneously convinced by French chemist Hippolyte Victor Collet-Descotils that the element was just chromium. Then in 1830, Nils Gabriel Sefström generated chlorides of vanadium, thus proving there was a new element, and named it "vanadium" after the Scandinavian…
Chromium crystals and 1cm 3 cube
"Chrome plated" motorcycle parts, plated with a decorative layer of chromium
Anhydrous chromium(III) chloride (CrCl3