As one of the experts in this episode explains, scandium is like the drummer. "You know when a band is coming to town, you're excited about the vocalist or the guitarist, but you're almost never excited about the drummer." But scandium is the hero of analytical labs. This Element of Surprise segment features the following experts: Inna Lykova, Mineralogist / Acting Curator, Canadian Museum of Nature, and Nick Maddox, Analytical Technologist, Natural Resources Canada's CanMet Mining.

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