The Official Vanadium Grey Metallic Color Thread
05-19-2023, 02:57 AM
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Here is something nerdy about the name Vanadium It is actually element 23 on the periodic table. And it's silver grey in colour.
Image explanation
The symbol is based on an 8th-century figurine of the Scandinavian goddess Freyja, after whom the element is named. It is set against a text from an Icelandic saga written in the 13th century.
Appearance
A silvery metal that resists corrosion.
Uses
About 80% of the vanadium produced is used as a steel additive. Vanadium-steel alloys are very tough and are used for armour plate, axles, tools, piston rods and crankshafts. Less than 1% of vanadium, and as little chromium, makes steel shock resistant and vibration resistant. Vanadium alloys are used in nuclear reactors because of vanadium’s low neutron-absorbing properties.
Vanadium(V) oxide is used as a pigment for ceramics and glass, as a catalyst and in producing superconducting magnets.
Biological role
Vanadium is essential to some species, including humans, although we need very little. We take in just 0.01 milligrams each day, and this is more than sufficient for our needs. In some compounds vanadium can become toxic.
Natural abundance
Vanadium is found in about 65 different minerals including vanadinite, carnotite and patronite. It is also found in phosphate rock, certain iron ores and some crude oils in the form of organic complexes.
Vanadium metal is obtained by reducing vanadium(V) oxide with calcium in a pressure vessel. Vanadium of high purity can be obtained by reducing vanadium(III) chloride with magnesium.
Image explanation
The symbol is based on an 8th-century figurine of the Scandinavian goddess Freyja, after whom the element is named. It is set against a text from an Icelandic saga written in the 13th century.
Appearance
A silvery metal that resists corrosion.
Uses
About 80% of the vanadium produced is used as a steel additive. Vanadium-steel alloys are very tough and are used for armour plate, axles, tools, piston rods and crankshafts. Less than 1% of vanadium, and as little chromium, makes steel shock resistant and vibration resistant. Vanadium alloys are used in nuclear reactors because of vanadium’s low neutron-absorbing properties.
Vanadium(V) oxide is used as a pigment for ceramics and glass, as a catalyst and in producing superconducting magnets.
Biological role
Vanadium is essential to some species, including humans, although we need very little. We take in just 0.01 milligrams each day, and this is more than sufficient for our needs. In some compounds vanadium can become toxic.
Natural abundance
Vanadium is found in about 65 different minerals including vanadinite, carnotite and patronite. It is also found in phosphate rock, certain iron ores and some crude oils in the form of organic complexes.
Vanadium metal is obtained by reducing vanadium(V) oxide with calcium in a pressure vessel. Vanadium of high purity can be obtained by reducing vanadium(III) chloride with magnesium.
I did my undergrad degree in Chemistry, so I relate well to your "nerdy" contribution here.
Keep up the good work
Cheers,
Martin
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Hwy (05-19-2023)
05-19-2023, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Hwy;[url=tel:18808904
18808904[/url]]Here is something nerdy about the name Vanadium It is actually element 23 on the periodic table. And it's silver grey in colour.
Image explanation
The symbol is based on an 8th-century figurine of the Scandinavian goddess Freyja, after whom the element is named. It is set against a text from an Icelandic saga written in the 13th century.
Appearance
A silvery metal that resists corrosion.
Uses
About 80% of the vanadium produced is used as a steel additive. Vanadium-steel alloys are very tough and are used for armour plate, axles, tools, piston rods and crankshafts. Less than 1% of vanadium, and as little chromium, makes steel shock resistant and vibration resistant. Vanadium alloys are used in nuclear reactors because of vanadium’s low neutron-absorbing properties.
Vanadium(V) oxide is used as a pigment for ceramics and glass, as a catalyst and in producing superconducting magnets.
Biological role
Vanadium is essential to some species, including humans, although we need very little. We take in just 0.01 milligrams each day, and this is more than sufficient for our needs. In some compounds vanadium can become toxic.
Natural abundance
Vanadium is found in about 65 different minerals including vanadinite, carnotite and patronite. It is also found in phosphate rock, certain iron ores and some crude oils in the form of organic complexes.
Vanadium metal is obtained by reducing vanadium(V) oxide with calcium in a pressure vessel. Vanadium of high purity can be obtained by reducing vanadium(III) chloride with magnesium.
Image explanation
The symbol is based on an 8th-century figurine of the Scandinavian goddess Freyja, after whom the element is named. It is set against a text from an Icelandic saga written in the 13th century.
Appearance
A silvery metal that resists corrosion.
Uses
About 80% of the vanadium produced is used as a steel additive. Vanadium-steel alloys are very tough and are used for armour plate, axles, tools, piston rods and crankshafts. Less than 1% of vanadium, and as little chromium, makes steel shock resistant and vibration resistant. Vanadium alloys are used in nuclear reactors because of vanadium’s low neutron-absorbing properties.
Vanadium(V) oxide is used as a pigment for ceramics and glass, as a catalyst and in producing superconducting magnets.
Biological role
Vanadium is essential to some species, including humans, although we need very little. We take in just 0.01 milligrams each day, and this is more than sufficient for our needs. In some compounds vanadium can become toxic.
Natural abundance
Vanadium is found in about 65 different minerals including vanadinite, carnotite and patronite. It is also found in phosphate rock, certain iron ores and some crude oils in the form of organic complexes.
Vanadium metal is obtained by reducing vanadium(V) oxide with calcium in a pressure vessel. Vanadium of high purity can be obtained by reducing vanadium(III) chloride with magnesium.
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05-21-2023, 07:10 AM
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I kinda like GT Silver
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jazwhite (06-09-2023)
05-23-2023, 11:39 AM
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GT Silver with the CF Hood + Red Tow Strap really look mean...
08-16-2023, 11:50 AM
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Love GT Silver
Your car looks great in GT Silver. My DD is currently a turbo s coupe and I wanted a stealthy blend in, nobody notice me color so I got GT Silver. And I’m amazed at how nice a silver color it is. Perhaps boring but it always looks good and really hides the dirt. There’s a richness, shine and depth to it that you don’t see on the configurator. I’m struggling on the color for my SRS and can’t have 2 silver Porsches 🤣 so maybe Vanadium. Hmm… as always Grant, thanks for your contribution to RL!
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triode (08-16-2023)
08-16-2023, 12:09 PM
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Lots of people here seem to avoid the launch spec / colour, I wonder how popular this colour will be.
08-16-2023, 06:25 PM
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08-16-2023, 07:08 PM
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Most here avoided Artic Gray on the 4RS also but it had the highest amount produced. Porsche will always produce the launch color in the highest amount with bonus allocations/telling dealers to spec that color if they want a car quicker/etc.
08-16-2023, 07:11 PM
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Seems odd the colour would prioritize an allocation / production slot - where did you hear that?
08-16-2023, 07:15 PM
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Multiple dealers and 918 owners told me they picked Arctic Gray for their 4RS to just get one of the first ones/make it through production quickly. They were some of the first cars to get delivered so I could see their reasoning line up with what they said. When Porsche gives out bonus cars already produced, they usually are the launch color as well.
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UncleDude (08-16-2023)
08-16-2023, 07:22 PM
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Surprising that people would do that for a car that looks like unpainted primer.
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