Scandium

History
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The name derives from the Latin scandia for Scandinavia, where the mineral was found.

Discovery


The element was discovered by the Swedish chemist Lars-Fredrik Nilson in 1879 in an ytterbium sample. Same year, the Swedish chemist Per Theodore Cleve proved that scandium was the predicted element designated eka-boron by Mendeleev [7].

Origin of name


From Latin scandia meaning Scandinavia [7].