scandium

noun

scan·di·um ˈskan-dē-əm

: a silvery-white metallic element found widely especially in association with rare earth elements and used especially in alloys and in high-intensity electric lamps see Chemical Elements Table

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Three of those elements—ytterbium, erbium, and terbium—were simply given additional variants on the name of Ytterby, while the other three were named holmium (for Stockholm), scandium, and thulium (both from the Latin for Scandinavia), in the nationalistic fashion then in favor. —

Hugh Aldersey-williams, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2011 With fantastical names like lanthanides, scandium and yttrium, rare-earth elements play a crucial role in renewable-energy technology, which may be our best hope for avoiding catastrophic global warming. —

Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023 China is the world’s main producer and processor of scandium and rare earths. —

Dionne Searcey Arin Yoon, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023 The tenor of these quiet flatlands, where deer bounce across gravel roads and neon sunsets scream across the long horizon, would change dramatically if mining for metals like niobium, scandium, titanium and rare earths begins. —

Dionne Searcey Arin Yoon, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023 One perfectly legal way to boost your performance is to use a metal bat infused with the rare-earth element scandium. —

Hugh Aldersey-williams, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2011 The facility accelerated a beam of selenium-82 and used it to produce rare isotopes of the elements scandium, calcium and potassium. —

Artemis Spyrou, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2022 The main element NioCorp plans to produce at the mine about 80 miles south of Omaha near the town of Elk Creek is a heat-resistant element called niobium, along with scandium and titanium. —

From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022 And many metals have production losses of 95 percent or higher: arsenic, gallium, germanium, hafnium, scandium, selenium, and tellurium. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 May 2022 See More

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