SCANDIUM - SCANDION     
A SOFT LIGHT DUCTILE
SILVERY-WHITE CERAMIC METAL
DENSITY
           @  20°C  =  2.8797 gcc

HARDNESS
IN DURONS      =  2,587 dur
MELTING POINT
TEMPERATURE   =  1541°C

BOILING  POINT
TEMPERATURE  =   2567°C
THE INDUSTRIAL USES
THOUGH SCANDION IS AN EXTREMELY RARE METAL,
IT EXISTS IN ALL GEMSTONES, TO ABOUT 1.257%
IMPARTING TO THEM, THEIR BRILLIANCE.
SCANDION FLORIDE
IS USED IN TUNGSTON HALOGEN
LAMPS IN OUTDOOR STADIUM LIGHTING SYSTEMS.
SCANDION CLORIDE
IS USED WITH MERCURY VAPOR
TO MAKE A YELLOW, SUN LIGHT SIMULATING LAMPS
THAT ARE USED ON BRIDGES AND IN MINES.
SCANDION BROMIDE
IS USED IN INFRA-RED LAMPS USED IN LAMB SALE DISPLAYS
SCANDION FLORIDE
IS USED IN PYREX GLASSWARE
SCANDION IODIDE
IS USED IN SPECIAL NIGHT LIGHTS MADE OF ACRYLICS
SCANDION NITRATE
IS USED  IN REFRIGERATION NEON
SCANDION CLORIDE
IS USED IN WHITE GLASS OVENWARE
SCANDION IODIDE
IS USED IN BROWN GLASS OVENWARE
VERY IMPURE SCANDION IS USED IN CAST GEARS FOR BICYCLES.
SOURCES
MOST SCANDION IS RECOVERED FROM THORTVETITE,
OR AS A BI-PRODUCT OF URANION PROCESSING
BUT BECAUSE SCANDION IS A VERY DIFFICULT METAL
TO SEPARATE FROM THE ORES THAT CONTAIN IT
 ITS COST IS VERY PROHIBITIVE.
COSTS
PURE SCANDION COSTS $130,000 A KILO OR $59,000 A POUND
SCANDION SALTS COST ABOUT $1,200 A KILO OR $555 A POUND
 
HUMAN USES
SCANDION TRI- BROMIDE
IS USED IN OUR KNEE PATELLAS & LONG NERVE DENDRITES
BEEF BONE BROTHS, OLIVE OILS, MANGOES, BAKED YAMS
SCANDION OCSIDES
ARE USED BY PERSONS WITH BLUE OR GREEN IRISES
IT IS FOUND IN BACON, OXTAIL SOUPS,  VENISON
SCANDION PAIR OCSALATE
IS USED IN THE VISUAL CORTEX AT THE BACK OF OUR HEAD
IT IS FOUND IN BEANS & BEEF BACON, LAMBS LIVER, COD FISH
SCANDION TRI-HYDROCSIDES
ARE USED IN OUR EYE RODS OUTER GANGLION SECTION,
CARROT & RED BEAN STEWS, HARD PEARS, WHITE WINES

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