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Nickel Metal | Properties | Uses | Other Details

Nickel Properties Uses and other Details


    What is Nickel

    Nickel is a metal and chemically it is an element. Nickel is a silver-white lustrous metal. Nickel has an atomic mass of 58.6934 AMU, atomic number 28, and symbol Ni. Its atom has 28 electrons, 28 protons, 31 neutrons and 4 energy levels. The density of nickel is 8.9 grams per cubic centimeter. Nickel is found in the solid state at room temperature. The melting point of nickel is 1455 °C (2651 °F) and its boiling point is 2913 °C (5275 °F). Nickel is located in Group 10, Period 4 and Block D in the Periodic Table.

    Nickel was discovered in 1751 by the Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt.
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    Nickel Metal Properties Uses and other Details

    Properties of Nickel Metal

    • Nickel is a silver-white lustrous metal.
    • Nickel is a ductile metal, so it can be drawn into very thin wire. About 300 km long wire can be made from one kilogram of nickel.
    • Nickel is a very hard metal.
    • Nickel is a corrosion resistant metal, nickel maintains its corrosion resistance at very high temperatures. Hence nickel is used to form a protective layer on other metals by electroplating.
    • Nickel slowly dissolves in dilute acids.
    • Most of the compounds made of nickel are blue or green.
    • When nickel is added to glass, the color of the glass turns green.
    • Nickel alloys have properties such as strength, ductility and corrosion resistance at high temperatures.
    • Nickel is a very good conductor of heat and electricity
    • Nickel is one of the four ferromagnetic elements (iron, nickel, cobalt and gadolinium). Ferromagnetic elements are those elements which are attracted by magnets at room temperature.
    • Nickel is not attracted to a magnet at temperatures above 355 °C (671 °F).
    • Nickel atom has two electron configurations.

    Uses of nickel metal 

    • In ancient times, nickel was used to make coins.
    • Nickel is used to make alloys in many ways.
    • Nickel is a corrosion resistant metal, so it is used to form a protective layer over other metals.
    • Copper nickel alloy is used to make sea water purifiers.
    • Nickel is used as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of vegetable oils.
    • Nickel is used to make rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries for hybrid vehicles.
    • Nickel maintains corrosion resistance even at extremely high temperatures, so it is used to make gas turbines and rocket engines.
    • Nickel is used to make powerful permanent magnets called Alnico magnets. Nickel, aluminium, iron and cobalt metals are alloyed together to make Alnico magnets.

    Interesting facts about nickel metal

    • 7.6 mg of nickel is found in 1 kg of dry tea leaves.
    • About 46% of the world's nickel is found in Indonesia and Australia.
    • 300 kilometer long wire can be made from one kilogram of nickel.
    • An alloy named mu-metal is made by mixing 80% nickel, 20% iron and a small amount of molybdenum. A strange quality is found in this mu-metal, it blocks magnetic rays. Normally, when iron is brought near a magnet, the magnet attracts the iron. But when the mu-metal is placed between the iron and the magnet, the attraction of the magnet ceases.
    • Nitinol, an alloy of nickel, has the ability to remember its previous shape (Shape Memory Properties), it was discovered in the 1960s.


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