vanadium pentoxide


vanadium pentoxide

noun

Definition of VANADIUM PENTOXIDE

: a yellowish-red crystalline compound V2O5 used especially in glass manufacture and as a catalyst

First Known Use of VANADIUM PENTOXIDE

1869

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