Editing Group 5 element (section)

== Applications ==

[[File:Sink and taps in the men's locker room 3 BW.jpg|thumb|right|Niobium is often a minor component in stainless steel.]]

Vanadium's main application is in alloys, such as [[vanadium steel]]. Vanadium alloys are used in [[spring (device)|springs]], [[tools]], [[jet engines]], [[armor]] plating, and [[nuclear reactors]]. [[Vanadium oxide]] gives ceramics a golden color, and other vanadium compounds are used as [[catalysts]] to produce [[polymers]].<ref name = "Emsley"/>

Small amounts of niobium are added to [[stainless steel]] to improve its quality. Niobium alloys are also used in rocket nozzles because of niobium's high [[corrosion]] resistance.<ref name = "Emsley"/>

Tantalum has four main types of applications. Tantalum is added into objects exposed to high temperatures, in [[electronic devices]], in [[surgical implant]]s, and for handling corrosive substances.<ref name = "Emsley"/>

Dubnium has no applications due to the difficulty of its synthesis and the very short half-lives of even its longest-lived isotopes.<ref name="Karpov graph">{{Cite book |last1=Karpov |first1=A. V. |title=Exciting Interdisciplinary Physics |last2=Zagrebaev |first2=V. I. |last3=Palenzuela |first3=Y. M. |last4=Greiner |first4=W. |date=2013 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-319-00046-6 |editor-last=Greiner |editor-first=W. |series=FIAS Interdisciplinary Science Series |pages=69–79 |language=en |article=Superheavy Nuclei: Decay and Stability |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-00047-3_6}}</ref>