I suggest you to have a look at the following papers:
-A Novel Method of Fabricating Al-V IntermetallicAlloy through Electrode Heating
Heli Wan, Baoqiang Xu, Lanjie Li, Bin Yang, Dongming Li and Yongnian Dai
Metals,9, 558; doi:10.3390/met9050558 (2019)
Available at: https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiY-5Cyw6DsAhU3QEEAHSJCCfoQFjAAegQIDhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2075-4701%2F9%2F5%2F558%2Fpdf&usg=AOvVaw2o4hXCC1lr1xSruK42lQzl
-Effect of vanadium-containing activating additives on the oxidation of aluminum powders
V. G. Shevchenko, D. A. Eselevich, A. V. Konyukova, Vladimir Nikolaevich Krasil’nikov
Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B 8(5):634-640 (2014)
Available, on RG, at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280218118_Effect_of_vanadium-containing_activating_additives_on_the_oxidation_of_aluminum_powders