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Ele021 - Scandium - (Elements Series) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/15/2011
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The Periodic Table of Elements - 21 - Scandium

Scandium is a chemical element with symbol Sc and atomic number 21.  It has an atomic mass of 44.955912. 

Things you might not know about Scandium:

  1. The American gun making company Smith & Wesson produces revolvers with frames composed of scandium alloy and cylinders of titanium.
  2. Its name scandium comes from the Latin Scandia meaning "Scandinavia".
  3. The main application of scandium by weight is in aluminum-scandium alloys for minor aerospace industry components.

 

See GC2XAY2 - Hydrogen, for an explanation about this series of caches.

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