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Vanadium family
Introduction
| Group | 5 |
|---|---|
| Period | |
| 4 | 23 V |
| 5 | 41 Nb |
| 6 | 73 Ta |
| 7 | 105 Db |
A Group 5 element is one in the series of elements in group 5 (IUPAC style) in the periodic table, which consists of vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), and dubnium (Db).
All of these elements are classed in Group 5 because their valence shell holds five electrons. Dubnium can only be produced in the laboratory, and does not exist in nature.
Biological occurrences
Of the group 5 elements, only vanadium has been identified as playing a role in the biological chemistry of living systems: it is involved in some of the enzymes of higher organisms, and also, unusually, in the biochemistry of some marine tunicates.
| Explanation of periodic table slice on right: | Transition metals | atomic number in black are solids | solid borders are older than the Earth (Primordial elements) | dotted borders are made artificially (Synthetic elements) |
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