Constituent
Name
V(III) oxide - V2O3
Official name
Vanadium(III) oxide
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
oxide
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$V_2O_3$
Chemical formula
V2O3
Elemental formula
V2 O3
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$V$ Vanadium element 2 0.4 1 constituent cation main
$O$ Oxygen element 3 0.6 1 constituent anion main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$V-O$ 6
Class
tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type
one metal and one non-metal (or metalloid) tridimensional networks (11.04)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
trigonal
Crystal class
ditrigonal-scalenohedral
Crystal class symbol
-3m (D3d)
Crystal spacegroup
R-3c
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
149.881 $g/mol$
Density
4.87 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
uniaxial
Refringence sign
unknown
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
2.36 - 2.38
Color
black
Diaphaneity
opaque
Luster
metallic