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Vanadium carbide
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<p>Vanadium carbide is the <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the formula <a href="/facts/Vanadium/UvKkKTSm">V</a><a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">C</a>. It is an extremely <a href="/facts/Hardness/PtGn6E20">hard</a> and <a href="/facts/Refractory/LoKrzGkR">refractory</a> <a href="/facts/Ceramic/9JKudpqX">ceramic</a> material. With a hardness of 9-9.5 Mohs, it is possibly the hardest metal-<a href="/facts/Carbide/xfCMTjYJ">carbide</a> known. It is of interest because it is prevalent in vanadium metal and alloys. </p>