NICKEL
The facts about Nickel
About Nickel
- Nickel
- Symbol is Ni
- Atomic number is 28
- Atomic Weight is 58.6934 (mass)
- group 10
- Period 4
- classification is metallic
- color in Silvery white
Color of nickel
Description
- Silvery white
- Has a lot of uses
Uses Of nickel
Chicks and rats raised on nickel-deficient diets have liver problems
Nickel is an essential trace element for many species
- Enzymes known as hydrogenases in bacteria contain nickel
- Nickel is also important in plant ureases.
Properties
- hard
- malleable
- ductile
- somewhat ferromagnetic
- a fair conductor of heat and electricity
Geology
- Iron meteorites
- siderites
- may contain iron alloyed with from 5 to nearly 20% nickel
- There is a large iron-nickel alloy deposit in Greenland
- Nickel is obtained commercially from pentlandite and pyrrhotite from Canada.
History Of Nickel
· discovered by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt in 1751 at Sweden
· origan of name: from the German word "kupfernickel" meaning Devil's copper or St Nicholas's (OLd Nick's) copper
· Minerals containing nickel were of value for coloring glass green