Atomic #- 21

Mass#- 44.9589

Discovered- 1879 By using spectral analysis, they found a new element within the minerals euxenite and gadolinite. They named it scandium, from the Latin Scandia meaning "Scandinavia"

Uses- New Lacrosse shafts, USSR submarine-launched ballistic missiles, makes high-intensity lights,

5 facts-50th most common element on earth, 23rd most common element in the sun, melting point is 1814 K,1541 °C, 2806 °F, A soft, silvery, white metal scandium ore occurs in rare minerals from Scandinavia and elsewhere, and it is sometimes considered along with yttrium, and the lanthanides and actinides, to be a rare earth. Density is 2.985 g·cm−3

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