Scandium

Symbol ScAtomic number 21
Atomic mass
44.9559
Thermal conductivity
0.158
Atomic radius
2.09
Covalent radius
1.44
Density
3.0
Atomic volume
15.0
Melting point
1814
Oxidation states
3
Boiling point
3104
Stable isotopes
1
Heat of vapor.
314.2
Electronegativity
1.36
Heat of fusion
14.1
First ionization
6.54
Specific heat
0.6
Electrical conduct.
...
Electron configuration

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Scandium

Scandium forms colorless compounds similar to those of aluminum. It has yet to find much importance in use. It is usually found in nature with yttrium and lanthanum and the fourteen members of the lanthanide series. It is found with yttrium in the silicate mineral Thortveitite.

Scandium is the first element to occupy the 3d orbital after filling the 4s orbitals, the first of the "d group" of the transition elements.

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Pauling
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Scandium Nuclear Data

Z
A
Atomic
Mass (u)
Nuclear
Mass(GeV/c2
Binding
Energy(MeV)
Spin
Natural
Abund.
Half-life
Decay
Q
MeV
21
41
40.969250
38.1522
343.14
7/2
...
0.596s
b+
6.50
21
45
44.955910
41.8658
387.86
7/2
1
stable
...
...
21
46
45.955170
42.7966
396.62
4
...
83.8d
b-
2.37
21
47
46.952409
43.7255
407.26
7/2
...
3.42d
b-
0.60
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Rohlf
 
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