Look up: scandium

1. scandium
   [n] - a white trivalent metallic element
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2. Scandium
   Scandium is a soft, silvery white metal. It has been identified in several minerals, including cerite, orthite, thertveitite, wolframite and euxenite (a niobate, tantalate and titanate of several rare elements in which scandium was originally discovered). It is a metal which tarnishes in air (shows ...
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3. scandium
   chemical element:atomic number 21 Category: Chemistry
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4. Scandium
   Scan'di·um noun [ New Latin So called because found in Scandinavian minerals.] (Chemistry) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, an...
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5. scandium
   <chemistry> A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicated 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 isolate...
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6. scandium
   Sc noun a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
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7. scandium
   (Sc) (skan´de-әm) a chemical element, atomic number 21, atomic weight 44.956.
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8. Scandium
   • (n.) 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. Symb...
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9. scandium
   (Sc), chemical element, rare-earth metal of transition Group IIIb of the periodic table. Scandium is a silvery-white, rather soft metal. After Dmitry ... [2 related articles]
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10. Scandium
    Scandium (m {respell|SKAN|dee-əm}) 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 ...
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11. scandium
    scandium (skăn'dēum) , metallic chemical element; symbol Sc; at. no. 21; at. wt. 44.9559; m.p. 1,541°C; b.p. 2,831°C; sp. gr. 2.99 at 20°C; valence +3. Scandium is a soft silver-white metal. It is a member of Group 3 of the periodic table; because of its chemical and phys...
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12. Scandium
    Scandium is a metal element with the symbol Sc.
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13. scandium
    (Sc) Type: Term Pronunciation: skan′dē-ŭm Definitions: 1. A metallic element, atomic no. 21, atomic wt. 44.955910.
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14. scandium
    Silver-white, metallic element, atomic number 21, relative atomic mass 44.956. Its compounds are found widely distributed in nature, but only in minute amounts. The metal has little industrial importance. Scandium oxide (scandia) is used as a catalyst, in making crucibles and other ceramic parts, and scandium sulphate (in very dilute aqueous so...
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