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Scandium is a chemical element; it has symbol Sc and atomic number 21. It is a silvery-white metallic element found in the d-block of the periodic table. Usually, it is classified as a rare-earth element, together with yttrium and the lanthanides. It was discovered in 1879 by spectral analysis of the minerals euxenite and gadolinite from Scandinavia.
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TTTA extracted 175 structured relationships around Scandium. Examples in this analysis include Scandium → 43Sc → synth and Scandium → 45Sc → 100%. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandium | 43Sc | synth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | 44m3Sc | synth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | 44Sc | synth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | 45Sc | 100% | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | 46Sc | synth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | 47Sc | synth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | 48Sc | synth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Appearance | silvery white | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | at T (K) | 1645 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Atomic number (Z) | 21 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Atomic radius | empirical: 162 pm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Block | d-block | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Boiling point | 3109 K (2836 °C, 5136 °F) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Brinell hardness | 736–1200 MPa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Bulk modulus | 56.6 GPa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | CAS Number | 7440-20-2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Covalent radius | 170±7 pm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Crystal structure | hexagonal close-packed (hcp) (hP2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Density (at 20° C) | 2.989 g/cm3 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Discovery | Lars Fredrik Nilson (1879) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Electrical resistivity | α, poly: 562 nΩ⋅m (at r.t., calculated) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Electron configuration | [Ar] 3d1 4s2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Electronegativity | Pauling scale: 1.36 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 9, 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | First isolation | W. Fischer, K. Brünger, H. Grieneisen (1937) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Group | group 3 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Heat of fusion | 14.1 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Heat of vaporization | 332.7 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Ionization energies | 1st: 633.1 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scandium | Ionization energies | 2nd: 1235.0 kJ/mol | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around Scandium bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Oxide, Aluminium and Compounds. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Scandium, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Scandium with Properties. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Scandium to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Scandium · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout