Vanadium oxide

Vanadium oxide may refer to:

• Vanadium(II) oxide (vanadium monoxide), VO
• Vanadium(III) oxide (vanadium sesquioxide or trioxide), V₂O₃
• Vanadium(IV) oxide (vanadium dioxide), VO₂
• Vanadium(V) oxide (vanadium pentoxide), V₂O₅

In addition to these principal oxides of vanadium, various other distinct phases exist:

• Phases with the general formula V_nO_2n+1 exist between V₂O₅ and VO₂. Examples of these phases include V₃O₇, V₄O₉ and V₆O₁₃.^[1]

• Phases with the general formula V_nO_2n−1 exist between VO₂ and V₂O₃.^[1] Called Magnéli phases for Arne Magnéli,^[2] they are examples of crystallographic shear compounds based on the rutile structure.^[1] Examples of Magnéli phases include V₄O₇, V₅O₉, V₆O₁₁, V₇O₁₃ and V₈O₁₅.

Many vanadium-oxygen phases are non-stoichiometric.^[2]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wells, A. F. (1984), Structural Inorganic Chemistry (5th ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 0-19-855370-6 
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0080379419.