company news about Functions of iron vanadium

Iron vanadium is an important alloy additive in iron and steel industry. Vanadium can improve the strength, toughness, ductility and heat resistance of steel. The use of vanadium in the steel industry has increased dramatically since the 1960s, accounting for 85% of vanadium consumption by 1988. The consumption of vanadium in steel accounts for 20% of carbon steel, 25% of high strength low alloy steel, 20% of alloy steel and 15% of tool steel. Vanadium-containing high-strength low-alloy steel (HSLA) is widely used in the production and construction of oil and gas pipelines, buildings, Bridges, rails, pressure vessels, vehicle frames, etc., due to its high strength. At present, the application range of vanadium steel is more and more wide, and the relevant talents are more and more important.

Vanadium is mainly used in non-ferrous alloys to produce vanadium titanium alloys such as Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-6Al-6v-2sn and Ti-8al-1v-mo. Ti-6Al-4V alloy is an excellent high-temperature structural material used in the manufacture of aircraft and rockets. It has a high value in the United States, where production accounts for more than half of the titanium base vanadium alloy. Vanadium can also be used in magnetic materials, cast iron, hard alloys, superconducting materials and nuclear reactor materials.