Compounds+and+uses

Compounds and uses • Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is perhaps vanadium's most useful compound. It is used as a ‘mordant’, (this is a compound that permanently fixes dyes (colours) to fabrics and material). • Vanadium pentoxide is also used as a chemical catalyst in certain chemical reactions and in the manufacture of ceramics. • Vanadium pentoxide can also be mixed with gallium to form superconductive magnets.

• Vanadium and another element called gallium are mixed together to make superconductive magnets.