Scandium is element 21, a transition metal of the d block, in group 3, period 4. Its ground-state configuration is [Ar] 3d1 4s2, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0, 3.
It was discovered in 1879, by Nilson.
Name origin: Scandia, the Latin name for Scandinavia.
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