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> What ever happened to scandium bike frames? Ex-Union countries ran out of jet fighters to smelt for bicycle frames? As I understand, there nowhere is in the
by baybal2 6y ago
> What ever happened to scandium bike frames?
Ex-Union countries ran out of jet fighters to smelt for bicycle frames?
As I understand, there nowhere is in the world where Scandium is mined commercially now, and the world is still living off scandium oxide stashed by somebody very lucky right around USSR collapse?
- canada_dry 6y agoCanada is home to one the largest uranium mines in the world - Cigar Lake [i]. Wonder what they're doing with this byproduct? [i] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar_Lake_Mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar_Lake_Mine
- tomglynch 6y agoI assume you didn't read the article? The answer is they are still using Scandium but just not branding it that way.
- wernercd 6y agoThe article doesn't mention current mining methods (that I remember). Just "There aren't a lot of scandium importers and miners, and the few that exist charge a premium.".