vanadium pentoxide
noun
: a yellowish-red crystalline compound V2O5 used especially in glass manufacture and as a catalyst
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The vanadium pentoxide is treated with lithium at one end to serve as the anode, with pristine vanadium pentoxide at the other end serving as the cathode.
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IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2014
Price for vanadium pentoxide fused flake in Rotterdam.
—Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2018
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IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2014
Price for vanadium pentoxide fused flake in Rotterdam.
—Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2018
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