Scandium. A real company maker for JRV. Huge use in making Lacrosse sticks and tent poles. If JRV could manage to produce it in quantity it would flood the market. Just how many LaCrosse sticks and tent poles would people want? Global consumption is measured in kilos.
It is used in lacrosse sticks; a light yet strong metal is needed for precise accuracy and speed. Backcountry tent manufacturers sometimes use scandium alloys in tent poles. U.S. gunmaker Smith & Wesson produces a few variations including a large, medium, and small lightweight revolver with a frame composed of scandium alloy and a titanium cylinder.[1]
Approximately 20 kg (as Sc2O3) of scandium is used annually in the United States to make high-intensity lights. [2] Scandium iodide added to mercury-vapor lamps produces an efficient artificial light source that resembles sunlight, and which allows good color-reproduction with TV cameras. About 80 kg of scandium is used in light bulbs globally per year. The radioactive isotope Sc-46 is used in oil refineries as a tracing agent. [2]
