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Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts

Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts

Update: 2019-12-08
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Vanadium makes steel stronger & lighter, is being used in what will be the world's largest battery, and sea squirts are full of it, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 93 of Elemental.

Vanadium is a transition metal used to make steel stronger & lighter.

It is named after the Scandinavian goddess of beauty and fertility Vanadis.

Vanadium is being used in what will be the world's largest battery, and sea squirts are one of a small handful of organisms that contain large amounts of vanadium used in some enzymes, says Professor Allan Blackman from the Auckland University of Technology, in episode 93 of Elemental.

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Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts

Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts

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