Japan's population is estimated at around 128 million, with 80% of the population living on HonshÅ«. Japanese society is linguistically, ethnically and culturally homogeneous, composed of 98.5% ethnic Japanese, with small populations of foreign workers.
Uses. About 80% of the vanadium produced is used as a steel additive. Vanadium-steel alloys are very tough and are used for armour plate, axles, tools, piston rods and crankshafts.Less than 1% of vanadium, and as little chromium, makes steel shock resistant and vibration resistant.t's also the catalytic power behind the production of sulphuric acid and its named after the Norse God of beauty, love and fertility. And to reveal her identify here's Chris Orvig. Chris Orvig. Vanadium, a first row transition metal in the Periodic Table, is an element of mystery.
Vanadium occurs naturally in about 65 different minerals and in fossil fuel deposits. It is produced in China and Russia from steel smelter slag; other countries produce it either from the flue dust of heavy oil, or as a byproduct of uranium mining.anadium is a medium-hard, ductile, steel-blue metal. Some sources describe vanadium as soft, perhaps because it is ductile, malleable and not brittle. Vanadium is harder than most metals and steels (see Hardnesses of the elements (data page) and iron).