Characteristic

 

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. As shown by band theory, VO is a conductor of electricity due to its partially filled conduction band and delocalisation of electrons in the t2g orbitals. VO is a non-stoichiometric compound, its composition varying from VO0.8 to VO1.3.

 

Application

 

Vanadium(IV,V) oxide is used in the manufacture of vanadium steel, in making rubber, plastics, ceramics, and other chemicals. And it is also used in Fuels and fuel additives, intermediates, building/construction materials, fuels and related products, metal products.