Scandium(III) nitrate imagwiritsidwa ntchito popaka utoto, chothandizira, zida zamagetsi zamagetsi ndi mafakitale a laser, nawonso amawongolera bwino kwambiri popanga mankhwala opangidwa ndi ukhondo wapamwamba kwambiri, zothandizira, ndi zida za nanoscale.Malinga ndi kafukufuku watsopano, itha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati crystal dopant.