How are elements useful for a particular use? An element is made from one type of atom and this article is about the element Scandium. Scandium was discovered in the year 1879 by Scientist Lars Fredrik Nilson in the university of Uppsala. The origin of the name comes from the word Scandia, which is the latin name for Scandinavia. This element belongs to group 3 which consists of transition metals and Scandium shares this group with the element Yttrium. There are 4 groups in the periodic table and they are: metals, non metals, transition metals and gases.
The chemical properties of Scandium are very similar to the rare earth elements. It reacts very quickly with acids and when reacting with oxygen, it tarnishes and burns to form Scandium oxide. …show more content…
That is because, Scandium and Aluminium alloys are used in baseball bats which are so far successful. When added to aluminium, it strengthens the bat and the resilience without adding any excess weight. Since it has become very successful, scandium- aluminium alloy bats are very expensive because they rely on high performance. The most important benefit is the strength that is created when these two elements are combined. Before scandium was added, aluminium bats were used which were equally heavy but less effective. You can hit harder and further with a scandium-aluminium bat because it is a hard material and the kinetic energy in the ball is used up in deforming the aluminium. Except, scandium improves the resilience, hence when the ball touches the bat, the thin aluminium layer deforms and most of the energy is transferred. But because of its flexibility, the energy is returned to the ball, but in a higher speed, thus causing the ball to land further and faster than usual. Thus, the bats have improved since Scandium was combined and the weight of the bat has not changed. The same could be said about aerospace components. Since aluminium has previously been used in these components, adding scandium to make them stronger without differing the weight became very useful and suitable for aerospace designers. This aluminium-scandium alloy can also be used in the form of sheet or plate. This same property is used in bicycle frames, wind mills and other sport equipments like golf
The chemical properties of Scandium are very similar to the rare earth elements. It reacts very quickly with acids and when reacting with oxygen, it tarnishes and burns to form Scandium oxide. …show more content…
That is because, Scandium and Aluminium alloys are used in baseball bats which are so far successful. When added to aluminium, it strengthens the bat and the resilience without adding any excess weight. Since it has become very successful, scandium- aluminium alloy bats are very expensive because they rely on high performance. The most important benefit is the strength that is created when these two elements are combined. Before scandium was added, aluminium bats were used which were equally heavy but less effective. You can hit harder and further with a scandium-aluminium bat because it is a hard material and the kinetic energy in the ball is used up in deforming the aluminium. Except, scandium improves the resilience, hence when the ball touches the bat, the thin aluminium layer deforms and most of the energy is transferred. But because of its flexibility, the energy is returned to the ball, but in a higher speed, thus causing the ball to land further and faster than usual. Thus, the bats have improved since Scandium was combined and the weight of the bat has not changed. The same could be said about aerospace components. Since aluminium has previously been used in these components, adding scandium to make them stronger without differing the weight became very useful and suitable for aerospace designers. This aluminium-scandium alloy can also be used in the form of sheet or plate. This same property is used in bicycle frames, wind mills and other sport equipments like golf