1. Nickel
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2. Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element, with the chemical symbol Ni.

3. What does it look like?
It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge.

4. Magnetism
It is one of the four ferromagnetic elements at about room temperature.
Ferromagnetism is the basic mechanism by which certain materials (such as iron) form permanent magnets.

5. History
The use of nickel has been traced as far back as 3500 BC.

6. Continued History -------------- That’s him
Was first isolated and classified as a chemical element in 1751, by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt. Who initially mistook its ore for a copper mineral.
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7. Ore Minerals
Its most important ore minerals are laterites, including limonite and garnierite, and pentlandite.

8. Where is it made?
There are major production sites include Sudbury region in Canada, New Caledonia and Norilsk in Russia.

9. What can it do?
Nickel is is corrosion-resistant, finding many uses in alloys, as a plating, in the manufacture of coins, magnets and common household utensils.

10. Absorbtion
Nickel is a a catalyst for hydrogenation, and in a variety of other applications.

11. What else has nickel?
Enzymes of certain life-forms contain nickel as an active center, which makes the metal an essential nutrient for those life forms.

12. Atomic
The electronic configuration of isolated nickel atom is counterintuitive.
Investigation finds that the predominant electron structure of nickel is [Ar] 4s1 3d9, is the more stable form because of its relativistic effects.

13. Metal Value
The US nickel coin contains 0.04 oz (1.25 g) of nickel, which at the April 2007 price was worth 6.5 cents, along with 3.75 grams of copper worth about 3 cents, making the metal value over 9 cents

14. Common Usage
Nickel is used in many industrial and consumer products, including stainless steel, magnets, coinage, rechargeable batteries, electric guitar strings and special alloys.

15. Toxicity
Exposure to nickel metal and soluble compounds should not exceed 0.05 mg/cm³ in nickel equivalents per 40-hour work week.
Nickel sulfide fume and dust is believed to be carcinogenic.