V
Transition metal
Vanadium
Z 23A 51mass 50.942
Atomic model
tap a particleEvery nucleon is drawn individually — 23 protons and 28 neutrons packed into the nucleus, with 23 electrons on shells outside.
23+1
Protons
Set the element — change this and it becomes a different atom.
280
Neutrons
Change only these and you get a different isotope of the same element.
23−1
Electrons
Sit outside the nucleus and decide the chemistry, not the element.
Element data
- Nucleons
- 51 (23 p + 28 n)
- Electron shells
- 2 · 8 · 11 · 2
- Valence shell
- 2 electrons
- Atomic mass
- 50.942 u
Stability
Vanadium has no measured radioactive isotope in this lab — its nuclei are stable, so decay must be shown as an illustration.
Open the decay lab