➤ It has an antimicrobial effect when it enters the body.

➤ Excessive amounts can be harmful and have toxic effects.

➤ Vertigo, weakness, and other symptoms of discomfort.

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➤ Used for the manufacture of high-quality dentures.

➤ ⁹⁰Sc for radioisotope cancer therapy.

➤ Used for the manufacture of high quality dental implants.

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➤ Low toxicity and is considered conditionally harmless. In excess, it causes damage to the respiratory system.

➤ No specific antidote is available.

➤ Sc is the first d-element.

➤ Scandium salts are called scandiates.

➤ Metallic Sc was first produced in 1937 by electrolysis of a melt of Li, K, and Sc.

➤ Sc can be a structural material in aircraft and rocketry. Sc is used in electronic computers.