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Aluminum vs Scandium - What's the difference?

aluminum | scandium |

As nouns the difference between aluminum and scandium

is that aluminum is a metallic chemical element (symbol al) with an atomic number of 13 while scandium is scandium (a metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 21).

aluminum

English

(wikipedia aluminum)

Alternative forms

* aluminium

Noun

(-)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
  • (slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminum.

    • Derived terms

    * aluminum foil * aluminum can

    See also

    * bauxite

    References

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    scandium

    English

    (wikipedia scandium)

    Noun

    (-) (Symbol : Sc)
  • A metallic chemical element, atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.

    • Synonyms

    * eka-boron (name given by (Dmitri Mendeleev) to the then undiscovered element at the position of scandium in his periodic table )

    Derived terms

    * * scandium chloride * scandium fluoride * scandium iodide * scandium oxide * scandium trichloride

    Related terms

    * scandia * Scandinavia