[2] Scandium nitrate has been found to form clusters when in an aqueous solution which can affect its behavior and properties in various ways.

Small Angle neutron scattering[5] has been used in experiments to show the clusters can contain as many as 10 scandium ions.

Scandium nitrate has been found to be a successful catalyst in chemical reactions such as Beckmann rearrangement of ketoximes to amides[6] and the isomerization of allylic alcohols to aldehydes.

The catalytic success of scandium nitrate can be increased by modifying its structure in ways such as adding a co catalyst.

Scandium nitrate has also been investigated for its potential in luminescent materials due to its ability to strongly emit in the blue region of the spectrum.