1.0 2010-04-08 22:05:57 UTC 2025-11-18 22:53:55 UTC FDB003785 Scandium Scandium, also known as 21sc or escandio, is a member of the class of compounds known as homogeneous transition metal compounds. Homogeneous transition metal compounds are inorganic compounds containing only metal atoms,with the largest atom being a transition metal atom. Scandium can be found in a number of food items such as butternut, common hazelnut, coconut, and cashew nut, which makes scandium a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products. Scandium is present in most of the deposits of rare-earth and uranium compounds, but it is extracted from these ores in only a few mines worldwide. Because of the low availability and the difficulties in the preparation of metallic scandium, which was first done in 1937, applications for scandium were not developed until the 1970s. The positive effects of scandium on aluminium alloys were discovered in the 1970s, and its use in such alloys remains its only major application. The global trade of scandium oxide is about 10 tonnes per year . Escandio SC Scandium standard for aas Skandium Sc 44.9559 44.955910243 scandium scandium 7440-20-2 [Sc] InChI=1S/Sc SIXSYDAISGFNSX-UHFFFAOYSA-N belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as homogeneous transition metal compounds. These are inorganic compounds containing only metal atoms,with the largest atom being a transition metal atom. Homogeneous transition metal compounds Inorganic compounds Homogeneous metal compounds Homogeneous transition metal compounds Homogeneous transition metal d-block element atom rare earth metal atom scandium group element atom logp 0 ChemAxon iupac scandium ChemAxon average_mass 44.9559 ChemAxon mono_mass 44.955910243 ChemAxon smiles [Sc] ChemAxon formula Sc ChemAxon inchi InChI=1S/Sc ChemAxon inchikey SIXSYDAISGFNSX-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemAxon polar_surface_area 0 ChemAxon refractivity 0 ChemAxon polarizability 1.78 ChemAxon rotatable_bond_count 0 ChemAxon acceptor_count 0 ChemAxon donor_count 0 ChemAxon physiological_charge 0 ChemAxon formal_charge 0 ChemAxon Specdb::MsMs 101580 Specdb::MsMs 101581 Specdb::MsMs 101582 Specdb::MsMs 167223 Specdb::MsMs 167224 Specdb::MsMs 167225 33773 Almond Type 1 specific Prunus dulcis 3755 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 mg/100 g Black walnut Type 1 specific Juglans nigra 16719 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 mg/100 g Black-eyed pea Type 1 specific Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata 3920 Brazil nut Type 1 specific Bertholletia excelsa 3645 0.002 0.002 0.002 mg/100 g Butternut Type 1 specific Juglans cinerea 91214 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 mg/100 g Cashew nut Type 1 specific Anacardium occidentale 171929 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 mg/100 g Coconut Type 1 specific Cocos nucifera 13894 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 mg/100 g Common hazelnut Type 1 specific Corylus avellana 13451 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 mg/100 g Pistachio Type 1 specific Pistacia vera 55513 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 mg/100 g