scandium

Summary

scandium is a chemical element^[1]. scandium draws 1,482 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #83 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• scandium is credited with the discovery of Lars Fredrik Nilson^[3].
• scandium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• scandium's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[5].
• Scandinavia is named after scandium^[6].
• scandium is made of thortveitite^[7].
• scandium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Sc]^[8].
• scandium's element symbol is recorded as Sc^[9].
• scandium's chemical formula is recorded as Sc^[10].
• scandium is a type of transition metal^[11].
• scandium is a type of rare earth element^[12].
• scandium is part of period 4^[13].
• scandium is part of group 3^[14].
• scandium's Commons category is recorded as Scandium^[15].
• scandium's Unicode character is recorded as 鈧^[16].
• scandium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1879^[17].
• scandium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scandium^[18].
• scandium's Commons gallery is recorded as Scandium^[19].
• scandium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+21'}^[20].
• scandium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.36'}^[21].
• scandium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[22].
• scandium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[23].
• scandium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}^[24].
• scandium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[25].
• scandium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• scandium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4] and lithophile^[5]. Recorded subclass of include transition metal^[11] and rare earth element^[12].

Origins

Scandinavia is named after scandium^[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 4^[13], a period^[28] and group 3^[14], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for scandium include kangite^[30], a mineral species^[31] and cascandite^[32], a mineral species^[33].

Why It Matters

scandium draws 1,482 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #83 of 144).^[2] scandium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] scandium is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for scandium include kangite^[30], a mineral species^[31] and cascandite^[32], a mineral species^[33].