Ferrovanadium is an iron alloy obtained by reducing vanadium pentoxide in an electric furnace with carbon, and can also be obtained by reduction of vanadium pentoxide by electric furnace silicon thermal method.
It is widely used as an elemental additive for smelting vanadium-containing alloy steels and alloy cast irons, and has been used in recent years to make permanent magnets.
Ferrovanadium is mainly used as an alloying additive for steel making.
After adding vanadium iron to steel, the hardness, strength, wear resistance and ductility of the steel can be significantly improved, and the cutting performance of the steel can be improved.