Atomic Number 28 (Nickel: Color, Uses, State and more...) 2022

You may already know that the chemical element with atomic number 28 is Nickel.

But there's a lot of cool stuff about Nickel that most people don't know. Check this out:

Nickel Overview

Atomic Number

28

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Description

Hard, malleable, silvery-white metal. Found in the earth's crust in portions averaging 70 ppm. It can be polished to a lustrous finish. Virtually no corrosion under normal conditions.

Symbol

Ni (Nickel)

Sources

Chiefly found in pentlandite [(Ni,Fe)9S8] ore. The metal is produced by heating the ore in a blast furnace which replaces the sulfur with oxygen. The oxides are then treated with an acid that reacts with the iron not the nickel.

Uses

Used in electroplating and metal alloys because of its resistance to corrosion. Also in nickel-cadmium batteries; as a catalyst and for coins.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Name Origin

German: kupfernickel (false copper).

Discovery

Discovered By: Axel Cronstedt

Year: 1751

Location: Sweden

Atomic Mass

58,6934

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