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| TABLE 2 | ||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF VANADIUM, BY END USE AND FORM1 | ||||
| (Kilograms of contained vanadium) | ||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||
| End use: | ||||
| Steel: | ||||
| Carbon� | 1,170,000 | 1,210,000 | ||
| Full alloy� | 1,010,000 | 1,030,000 | ||
| High-strength low-alloy� | 974,000 | 1,020,000 | ||
| Stainless and heat resisting� | 60,000 | 61,400 | ||
| Tool� | 402,000 | 323,000 | ||
| Total steel | 3,620,000 | 3,650,000 | ||
| Cast irons� | W | W | ||
| Superalloys� | 35,600 | 39,500 | ||
| 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� | 259,000 | 335,000 | ||
| Grand total | 3,910,000 | 4,030,000 | ||
| Form: | ||||
| Ferrovanadium | 3,290,000 | 3,410,000 | ||
| Oxide | 344,000 | 264,000 | ||
| Other3 | 274,000 | 354,000 | ||
| Total | 3,910,000 | 4,030,000 | ||
| 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