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Old 05-18-13 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by sreten
Hi,

No and no.

Scandium makes good quality alloys easier to work with.

It makes no difference to the lightness/ density of the alloy.

Lithium which does was priced out of the market by CF.

rgds, sreten.
Perhaps the lighter was a shorthand misstatement. If it makes a stronger alloy, then thinner tubes can be used, so hence lighter.
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