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Scandium

Scandium Meaning & Definition
Scandium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scandium?

[n] a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scandium: atomic number 21 | Sc

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See Also | metal | metallic element | thortveitite

Scandium In Webster's Dictionary

\Scan"di*um\, n. [NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name {ekaboron} by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.

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