canvas sack of vanadium ore
Date: circa 1925
Inventory Number: 4944
Classification: Metal Sample
Subject:
Maker: Vanadium Corporation of America (1924 - 1967)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
storage: 14 x 10 x 6 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Description:
Off-white canvas sack with black print, containing vanadium ore samples. Attached to the bottom of the bag is a white paper label penned with a list of elements contained in the ore, by percentage.
Signedprinted on bag, center: Research Laboratory / Vanadium Corporation of America / BRIDGEVILLE, PA
Inscribedlabel, top left: 91.92% V / .56 Si / .13 S / .017 P / .03 Ni / .17 C / .88 Al / 04 Mn.;
label, top right: PLACE POSTAGE / ON BACK OF TAG;
label, right center: Vanadium Metal
label, top right: PLACE POSTAGE / ON BACK OF TAG;
label, right center: Vanadium Metal
FunctionMinerology/metallurgy.
From Webster's 1913 unabridged: "Vanadium n. [NL., fr. Icel. Vanadis, a surname of the Scandinavian goddess Freya.] (Chem.) A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2."
From Webster's 1913 unabridged: "Vanadium n. [NL., fr. Icel. Vanadis, a surname of the Scandinavian goddess Freya.] (Chem.) A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2."