NICKEL

DISCOVERY

• Nickel was discovered in 1751 by a Swedish chemist
• Axel Fredrick Cronstedt he discovered nickel in
• (NiAs)

NICKEL NAME

• The word Nickel originates from the word
• "Kupfernickel" which means the devils
• copper.

GROUP

• Nickel is a metal and it is located
• at period 4, group 10 in the periodic
• table of elements.

LOCATION

• Nickel is located at period
• 4, group 10 in the periodic table

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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• ductile
• metal
• silver
• Atomic #28
• boiling point 2913

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

• Reacts slowly with oxygen
• Not very reactive
• Not radioactive
• Conductor
• Absorbs hydrogen

IN THE WORLD

• Nickel is mainly in the earth' core
• but can be found in the sea as
• well as the soil around us.

USES

• Nickel is used to make stainless
• steel over 65% of nickel in the world
• Is used for this propose. Nickel is
• also used in battery's , plating, and
• wires.

FACTS

• Nickel is only 25% of a US nickel
• Nickel compounds are normally blue or green

RESOURCES

• "Facts about Nickel." Facts about NICKEL ***.N.p.d.Web
• 31 Oct. 2013
• "Nickel - Ni." Nickel (Ni). Lenntech, 2013. Web. 21 Oct. 2013
• "Science Education at Jefferson Lab." Science
• Education at Jefferson Lab. Office of Science Education,n.d Web 25 Oct. 2013

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