Stainless steel contains vanadium
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Has vanadium been detected when analyzing stainless steel materials by spectroscopy? Here’s how it started: we supply wastewater treatment equipment for nuclear power plants. Although it’s domestic wastewater, in nuclear projects, all alloy materials must undergo spectroscopic analysis. The batch of stainless steel bolts we supplied also required spectrographic analysis, and the analysis revealed the presence of vanadium in the stainless steel; as a result, it was not possible to determine the grade, and it was considered a defect. When supplying stainless steel materials, has anyone noticed the presence of elements that have nothing to do with stainless steel? What is the cause?
Vanadium’s price has soared to absurd levels; at such exorbitant prices, no one wants to buy it. With an online listed price of 2.5 million tons of vanadium metal, if one can sell it at 150,000 per ton, that would already be considered a great fortune
Driving prices up to exorbitant levels is despicable behavior on the part of Chinese businessmen
There will likely be unrelated elements, so when taking a spectrum, the grade and elements of the known reference materials should be corrected first. Then go and obtain the actual spectrum for comparison. If the content of trace elements in a certain grade of material exceeds a certain level, it may turn into a material of another grade, which is not allowed.