Refined Scandium Metal

Refined Scandium Metal – An Innovative Solution for High-Tech Industries

Scandium, a rare earth metal, has been gaining importance in modern industries due to its unique properties. It is a strong, lightweight, and corrosion-resistant metal that is commonly used in the manufacture of aircraft parts, sports equipment, and other high-tech applications. However, scandium is not readily available in the earth's crust and is typically obtained as a by-product of other mining operations. This lack of sufficient supplies has led to high prices, making scandium an expensive metal to use.

But now, with the development of advanced refining technologies, we, the manufacturers of refined scandium metal in China, are able to produce high-quality and affordable scandium for various industries around the world. In this product introduction, we will discuss the various aspects of refined scandium metal and how it can benefit your business.

What is Refined Scandium Metal?

Refined scandium metal is a pure form of scandium that has undergone a refining process, removing impurities and making it suitable for use in high-tech applications. The refining process involves several stages, including acid digestion, solvent extraction, precipitation, and calcination, resulting in a scandium oxide compound. This compound is further reduced with aluminium to produce pure scandium metal.

At our manufacturing facility in China, we use advanced technologies to ensure the purity of refined scandium metal, which is typically 99.99% or higher. Our product is available in various forms, including ingots, powder, and wire, depending on the requirements of the end-use industry.

Properties and Applications of Refined Scandium Metal

As mentioned earlier, scandium has unique properties that make it an ideal material for high-tech applications. The addition of scandium to alloys can improve their strength, corrosion resistance, and heat resistance, making them suitable for use in the aerospace and sports equipment industries. Scandium also has a high melting point and can maintain its strength at high temperatures, making it useful in the manufacture of high-temperature equipment such as solid oxide fuel cells.

Another major use of refined scandium metal is in the lighting industry. The addition of scandium to metal halide lamps can improve their efficiency, reduce their power consumption, and enhance their color rendering index (CRI). Scandium also helps to reduce the amount of mercury required in these lamps, making them more environmentally friendly.

Refined scandium metal can also be used in other applications such as nuclear reactors, electronic components, and catalysts. Due to its unique properties, scandium has been identified as a critical material by the U.S. Department of Energy, and its demand is expected to increase in the coming years.

Why Choose Our Refined Scandium Metal?

At our manufacturing facility in China, we are committed to producing high-quality refined scandium metal that meets the needs of various industries. Here are some reasons why you should choose our product:

1) High-purity: Our refined scandium metal has a purity of 99.99% or higher, ensuring that it meets the strict standards of various industries.

2) Competitive pricing: With our advanced manufacturing technologies, we are able to offer scandium at competitive prices, making it more affordable for industries to use.

3) Customization: We can provide refined scandium metal in various forms, including ingots, powder, and wire, depending on the specific requirements of the end-use industry.

4) Reliable supply: Our manufacturing process is optimized to ensure a reliable supply of refined scandium metal to our customers, reducing the risk of supply chain disruptions.

Conclusion

Refined scandium metal is an innovative solution for various high-tech industries due to its unique properties. As manufacturers located in China, we are dedicated to producing high-quality and affordable scandium that meets the needs of our customers worldwide. With our advanced refining technologies and commitment to quality, we are confident that our refined scandium metal can help your business succeed in today's competitive market. Contact us today to learn more about our product and how it can benefit your industry.

Scandium metal is silver gray rare earth. It oxidize in air and show light yellow or pink. The package should avoid fire, air, water and oxidizing agent. There are two different production methods for it, distillation method and reduction method. The distilled scandium get better quality than the reduced one. The refined scandium metal is dendritic like crystal of metallic lustre. However the reduced one is broken irregular pieces.

Specification

4N: Sc/RE≥99.99%, Sc≥99.9%

Packaging

5kg/drum, inner packaging 0.5kg/bottle, plastic bag vacuum-packed in bottle, filled with Argon

Production

Metallic scandium can be prepared by reducing the fluoride with calcium metal. It can also be prepared by electrolysing molten potassium, lithium and scandium chlorides, using electrodes of tungsten wire and molten zinc.

To produce refined scandium metal, the oxide is converted to scandium fluoride and then reduced with metallic calcium and then distilled.

Hunan Oriental Scandium has its own advantage of scandium resources. The scandium raw material comes from the waste acid of titanium dioxide in our group, LB group, which is the 3rd largest titanium dioxide manufacturer in the world.

Hunan Oriental Scandium has been focused on the scandium industry for more than one decade and can meet customers' demand for high purity, producing distilled scandium metal with 4N/4N5/5N or even higher purity.

Application

Scandium metal is known as "bright element". In addition to being used in new electric light source, laser material and alloy addition, scandium metal is also widely used in new application fields such as shape memory material and piezoelectric material. High purity scandium metal is one of the most effective key materials for producing 5G chips.

Hunan Oriental Scandium manages in accordance with the ISO9001 quality management system to ensure the traceability management of the whole process of scandium metal from raw material to production process control to warehouse delivery. Our company produces scandium metal with high purity, low oxygen content and good quality stability, and the products are exported to the world.

FAQs:

Is scandium a rare earth metal?

Scandium and yttrium are considered rare earth elements because they tend to occur in the same deposits as the lanthanides and exhibit similar chemical properties.

Is Hunan Oriental Scandium Oriental a manufacturer or trading company?

Hunan Oriental Scandium is a ISO certified manufacturer focused on the scandium industry for more than 11 years. If you are looking for a scandium oxide manufacturer, please contact us.

Why choose us?

• Our Scandium Metal products are made to last and provide long-term value.
• Our company insists on digesting and absorbing advanced technologies and processes as a breakthrough point, continuously upgrading technologies, and forming large-scale production with advanced equipment and processes. For Refined Scandium Metal, we seek quantity, quality assurance, cost reduction, and benefits increase. If customers have any needs, they can contact us directly.
• Our Scandium Metal products are manufactured with strict adherence to quality standards.
• The company will continue to rely on advanced management experience, excellent sales services, strict quality management system and scientific overall marketing methods to continue to create value for customers
• We use environmentally sustainable practices in producing our Scandium Metal products.
• We hope to have win-win business relationships with you, and create a better tomorrow.
• We are dedicated to providing the highest quality Scandium Metal products.
• Our corporate mission is to focus on user needs, provide more competitive products and services, and enhance social benefits.
• Our Scandium Metal products have passed rigorous quality control checks.
• In our company, we can enjoy first-class office environment, harmonious interpersonal relationship, competitive salary and English working environment.