V
Vanadium
Z = 23 · Transition Metal · 50.9 u
Nuclear Engineering Significance
Candidate structural material for fusion reactor first-wall and blanket (vanadium alloys like V-4Cr-4Ti) due to low activation under neutron irradiation. Thermal absorption (σ_a = 5.1 b) is moderate. Not commonly used in current fission reactor cores.
Basic properties
- Atomic number (Z)
- 23
- Standard atomic mass
- 50.9 u
- Category
- Transition Metal
Isotopes & cross-section data
No nuclide data for this element in the reference database.
The NRDP database focuses on nuclides relevant to reactor physics. For full isotope data, see NNDC NuDat 3.