Vanadium(II) oxide
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| Vanadium(II) oxide | |
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| IUPAC name | vanadium(II) oxide |
| Other names | vanadium oxide |
| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | [12035-98-2] |
| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | V1O1 |
| Molar mass | 66.94 g mol−1 |
| Appearance | crystalline metallic solid |
| Density | 5.758 g cm−3, solid |
| Melting point |
1790 °C |
| Related compounds | |
| Related compounds | V2O5, VO2, V2O3 |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references |
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Vanadium(II) oxide, VO, is one of the many oxides of vanadium. VO is a long-lived, electronically-neutral reagent chemical. It adopts a distorted NaCl structure and contains weak V-V metal to metal bonds. VO is a non-stoichiometric compound, its composition varying from VO0.8 to VO1.3[1].
[edit] References
- ^ Greenwood, N. N.; Earnshaw, A. (1997). Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd Edition, Oxford:Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4., p. 982.

