One of the components of the Mendeleev periodic table in the form of grey particles is vanadium metal. Vanadium is very important to the aircraft industry because of its low density and tolerance to high temperatures and pressure. Vanadium and oxygen combine to form vanadium pentoxide (V2O5). Because it contains five units of oxygen for every one unit of vanadium, the pent in its name refers to this ratio. The electrical transitions between energy levels in outer orbitals give V2O5’s pure form a red hue.
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