Vanadium(II) oxide

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Vanadium(II) oxide
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

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

  1. ^ Greenwood, N. N.; Earnshaw, A. (1997). Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd Edition, Oxford:Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4. , p. 982.


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