Scandium was discovered in Scandinavia in 1878. It was discovered by a man named Nilson. There is two metals that scandium has that were only found in Scandinavia. They are euxenite and gadolinite. Its color is silvery white. It’s an important element. When he discovered scandium he could only prepare about 2g of highly pure scandium oxide.
Scandium is a silvery white metal that lets out yellowish and
pinkish gases in the air. Scandium is a really soft metal. It consumes yttrium. It has much higher melting point than aluminum making it interesting to spacecraft. Scandium is not attacked by a 1:1 mixture of HNO3 and 48% HF.
Scandium about 20 kg of scandium (as Sc2O3) are used yearly in the U.S. to produce. When you mix scandium dioxide and mercury vapor it resembles a very powerful light. You can use that to make light for the television. It’s important for indoor color to this element can be used to make light.
Scandium is a very interesting element it can make light for TVs and it’s cool. Scandium has a really high melting point and could help with aircrafts and spaceships. This element is number 21 in the periodic table. It’s in the 3rd group of the periodic table and 4th period in the periodic table