Vanadium

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Property	Value
Atomic Number	23
Element	Vanadium
Symbol	V
Atomic Mass	50.942 u
Number of Neutrons	28 (most common isotope, Vanadium-51)
Number of Protons	23
Number of Electrons	23
Period	4
Group	5
Phase	Solid
Radioactive	No
Natural	Yes
Metal	Yes
Nonmetal	No
Metalloid	No
Type	Transition Metal
Atomic Radius	171 pm
Electronegativity	1.63 (Pauling scale)
First Ionization Energy	6.746 eV
Density	6.11 g/cm³
Melting Point	1910 °C
Boiling Point	3407 °C
Number of Isotopes	2 naturally occurring (Vanadium-50, Vanadium-51)
Discoverer	Andrés Manuel del Río
Year	1801
Specific Heat	0.489 J/g·K
Number of Shells	4
Number of Valence Electrons	5