Scandium



Symbol: Sc

Atomic: 21

Atomic weight: 44.955912

Color: silvery white

Melting point: 1541 Celsius

Boiling point: 2830 Celsius

Scandium is a soft metal with silvery appearance. Scandium was discovered by Lars Frederick Nilson in 1876. He and his coworkers were looking for rare earth metals when they found it. Scandium is a soft metal with silvery appearance. One of the most important uses for scandium is for preparing aluminum-scandium alloys which is used to make aircrafts.

By Sean

scandium aka scandal aka kerpal