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|image=Vanadium crystal bar and 1cm3 cube.jpg
|title=Vanadium
|texttitle=Vanadium
|caption=Three bars of pure vanadium in various states of oxidation made using the crystal bar process, and a {{nowrap|1 cm3}} cube of it for comparison. Vanadium is a hard, silvery gray, ductile and malleable transition metal named after Vanadís, the Germanic equivalent of the Norse goddess Freyja. In nature, vanadium only exists in chemically combined form.
|credit=Photo: Alchemist-hp