Vanadium(II) oxide
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| IUPAC name Vanadium(II) oxide | |
| Other names Vanadium oxide | |
| Identifiers | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.655 | 
| EC Number | 
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| 532274 | |
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| Properties | |
| VO | |
| Molar mass | 66.9409 g/mol | 
| Appearance | grey solid with metallic lustre | 
| Density | 5.758 g/cm3 | 
| Melting point | 1,789 °C (3,252 °F; 2,062 K) | 
| Boiling point | 2,627 °C (4,761 °F; 2,900 K) | 
| Refractive index (nD) | 1.5763 | 
| Structure | |
| Halite (cubic), cF8 | |
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| Octahedral (V2+) Octahedral (O2−) | |
| Thermochemistry | |
| Std molar entropy (S⦵298) | 39.01 J/mol·K[1] | 
| Std enthalpy of formation (ΔfH⦵298) | −431.790 kJ/mol[1] | 
| Gibbs free energy (ΔfG⦵) | −404.219 kJ/mol[1] | 
| Hazards | |
| Flash point | Non-flammable | 
| Related compounds | |
| Other anions | Vanadium monosulfide Vanadium monoselenide Vanadium monotelluride | 
| Other cations | Niobium(II) oxide Tantalum(II) oxide | 
| Vanadium(III) oxide Vanadium(IV) oxide Vanadium(V) oxide | |
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references | |
Vanadium(II) oxide is the inorganic compound with the idealized formula VO. It is one of the several binary vanadium oxides. It adopts a distorted NaCl structure and contains weak V−V metal to metal bonds. VO is a semiconductor owing to delocalisation of electrons in the t2g orbitals. VO is a non-stoichiometric compound, its composition varying from VO0.8 to VO1.3.[2]
Diatomic VO is one of the molecules found in the spectrum of relatively cool M-type stars.[3] A potential use of vanadium(II) monoxide is as a molecular vapor in synthetic chemical reagents in low-temperature matrices.[4]
References
- ^ a b c R. Robie, B. Hemingway, and J. Fisher, “Thermodynamic Properties of Minerals and Related Substances at 298.15K and 1bar Pressure and at Higher Temperatures,” US Geol. Surv., vol. 1452, 1978.
- ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 982. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-30414-6. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
- ^ Tsuji, T. (1986). "Molecules in Stars". Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 24: 94. Bibcode:1986ARA&A..24...89T. doi:10.1146/annurev.aa.24.090186.000513.
- ^ Groshens, Thomas J.; Klabunde, Kenneth J. (August 1990). "Molecular vapor synthesis: the use of titanium monoxide and vanadium monoxide vapors as reagents". Inorganic Chemistry. 29 (16): 2979–2982. doi:10.1021/ic00341a025. ISSN 0020-1669.

