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 * Name: Nickel
 * Atomic Symbol: Ni
 * Atomic Number: 28
 * Atomic Mass: 58.69
 * Density: 8.90
 * Boiling point: 3186 degrees F
 * Melting point: 1728 degrees F
 * SSM- metal

Written Report:

Nickel was discovered in 1751 by Axel Frederick Cronstedt. Cronstedt discovered nickel while trying to extract copper from a mineral called niccolite. Instead he found a silvery-white metal that he decided to call nickel after the mineral from which he obtained it. The word nickel also comes from the German word //“kupfernickel”// meaning devils copper or St. Nicks copper. Nickel can be found in the Earth’s crust, the Earth’s core, meteorites, and almost all plants and foods that come from them. In the human body the abundance of nickel is 100 ppb by weight. By atom there are 11 atoms relative to 1 cell equals 1,000,000 atoms. Most compounds containing nickel are corrosion- resistant metals.

There are many uses in the modern day world for nickel. A main use for nickel is to create corrosion-resistant alloys such as stainless steel. Also tubing made from copper-nickel alloy is extensively used to make desalinization plants. Nickel in coinage and in nickel steel for armor plating and burglar-proof vaults. One of the most ancient uses for nickel is when it is added to glass to give the glass a greenish color. Nickel plating is also used as protective coating for other metals as well as in batteries and electroplating.

Here are some interesting facts about Nickel. Nickel is classified as a “Transition Metal” which is located in Groups 3-12 on the Periodic Table. Transition Metals can conduct both heat and electricity. The first pure nickel coin was made in 1881. Nickel a Cubic Crystal Structure. Nickel is the 5th most common element that makes up the Earth.

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