High-intensity discharge lamps use scandium dioxide for sports stadium and arena lighting to provide daytime-like color for televison.
Russian MiG fighter jets use scandium-aluminum airframes to make the aircraft lighter and more maneuverable.
Scandium-alumium high-strength lightweight alloy is also used in bicycle frames, lacrosse sticks, golf clubs, and baseball bats.
Laser crystals of gadolinium-scandium-gallium garnet(GSGG) are used in strategic defense applications.
Dentists use erbium, chromium:yttterium-sancdium-gallium garnet(Er,Cr:YSGG) lasers for cavity preparation and endodontics.
Smith and Wesson make a lightweight, high-strength revolver frame using Scandium-aluminum.
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