SCANDIUM

Scandium

Scandium is a chemical element with symbol Sc and atomic number 21. A silvery-white metallic transition metal, it has historically been sometimes classified as a rare earth element, together with yttrium and the lanthanoids. It was discovered in 1879 by spectral analysis of the minerals euxenite and gadolinite from Scandinavia.

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scandium

Noun

(Symbol: Sc)
  1. A metallic chemical element, atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.


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