Ive been going over my periodic table (whoopee chemistry :proud:) and I think that scandium is lighter and tougher than titanium. Is this true? I hope this doesnt turn into a dead thread.
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Ive been going over my periodic table (whoopee chemistry :proud:) and I think that scandium is lighter and tougher than titanium. Is this true? I hope this doesnt turn into a dead thread.
Correct, it is stronger and lighter than Titanium.
But is it weldable, is it affordable, isnt it poisonous?
Its probably weldable, surely not poisonous, but it costs more than gold.
In other words, titanium grade 5 will do nicely for teams with good resorces.
This might make your mind up
https://www.goodfellow.com/csp/active/gfPDetail.csp?result=5&UpdateParam=5~~https://www.goodfellow.com/csp/activ...pdateParam=5~~
There is a 5% discount for ordering online :wink:
Hehe, good. I know what to arm my vapourbot with. Cost for real robots? Uhm...Ill probably collecting allowance until Im 50 :proud:
General Description:
Scandium was discovered in 1879 by L.F. Nilson and takes its name from the Latin word Scandia, meaning Scandinavia.
Scandium is a soft, silvery white metal. It has been identified in several minerals, including cerite, orthite, thertveitite, wolframite and euxenite (a niobate, tantalate and titanate of several rare elements in which scandium was originally discovered). It is a metal which tarnishes in air (shows a pink colouration), burns easily and reacts with water to produce hydrogen gas.
Applications for scandium have not yet been fully investigated and its use is limited primarily to research.
Chris - http://www.featherweights.org/forum
Sorry folks, the above link doesnt work but this is what it shows:
Max. Lump size: 25.4mm
Purity: 96+%
Click on a price below to add to shopping basket ( Prices are in Pounds Sterling )
Order Code....Weight.1Pot
615-432-01....1 g....£237.00
281-037-56....2 g....£371.00
929-008-75....5 g....£774.00
Discount for ordering ON-LINE 5 %
Prices include delivery but not VAT
Would an alloy with titanium work?
Team Gore
Maybe, now to get a metalproducing company to make that alloy.
And then it will be like 95% Ti,3% ali,1.7% vanadium and .3% scandium.
And that will raise the price with 200% and more compared with a simular weight Ti alloy
If it were a good alloy, then someone would already be making it.
Thnaks Mario :)
Team Gore
Just remembered this:
http://www.norco.com/news/9907_easton.htmhttp://www.norco.com/news/9907_easton.htm
Thats nice. Might consider it for a future robot :)
Team Gore - Canadian, and damn proud of it! :proud: