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Vanadium

Z: 23
Mass: 50.942
Lifeforce: Earth
In the body: thyroid

A tenth of a milligram. That is all the vanadium you carry. A trace, hardly worth mentioning. And yet this tiny thing has a name of its own and its own square in the order of things.

A set of spanners hangs in order on a workshop wall. — Plate · Vanadium Vanadium is only a trace, yet it has its *own* field and its place in the steel.

Stable earth: holds form, endures, builds the structures on which all else stands. The slow time of matter, the patience of mountains.

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

Family portrait: this element's own portrait is not written yet. Mendeleev left gaps; we label ours.

Lab note · ≈0.1 mg in the body; just a trace.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

V · Supernova

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

65 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

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