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| TABLE 2 | ||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF VANADIUM, BY END USE AND FORM1 | ||||
| (Kilograms of contained vanadium) | ||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||
| End use: | ||||
| Steel: | ||||
| Carbon� | 1,210,000 | 1,190,000 | ||
| Full alloy� | 1,030,000 | 1,380,000 | ||
| High-strength low-alloy� | 1,020,000 | 1,560,000 | ||
| Stainless and heat resisting� | 61,400 | 61,400 | ||
| Tool� | 323,000 | 379,000 | ||
| Total� | 3,650,000 | 4,570,000 | ||
| Cast irons� | W | W | ||
| Superalloys� | 39,500 | 43,700 | ||
| Alloys (excluding steels and superalloys): | ||||
| Welding and alloy hard-facing rods and materials� | W | W | ||
| Other alloys2 | W | W | ||
| Chemical and ceramic uses: | ||||
| Catalysts� | W | W | ||
| Pigments� | W | W | ||
| Miscellaneous and unspecified� | 335,000 | 356,000 | ||
| Grand total | 4,030,000 | 4,970,000 | ||
| Form: | ||||
| Ferrovanadium | 3,410,000 | 3,780,000 | ||
| Oxide | 264,000 | 326,000 | ||
| Other3 | 354,000 | 860,000 | ||
| Total | 4,030,000 | 4,970,000 | ||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Miscellaneous� | ||||
| and unspecified." | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||
| 2Includes magnetic alloys. | ||||
| 3Consists principally of vanadium-aluminum alloy, small quantities of other vanadium alloys,� | ||||
| vanadium metal, and ammonium metavanadate. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program