Nickel

=Nickel=
 * Atomic Number:**28


 * Protons:**   28


 * Electrons:**   28


 * Neutrons:**  30


 * Average Atomic Mass:** 58.17amu


 * Isotopes:** 58Ni, 60Ni, 61Ni, 62Ni, 64Ni


 * Discovery:** Nickle was discovered by Axel Fredrik in 1751
 * Name:** from the German word "kupfernickel" meaning Devil's copper or St Nicholas's (OLd Nick's) copper

tubing made of a copper-nickel alloy is extensively used in making desalination plants for converting sea water into fresh water
 * Uses:** chiefly valuable for the alloys it forms such as stainless steel and other corrosion-resistant alloys


 * Interesting Facts**: Iron meteorites, or 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.


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 * Sources**
 * Photo: [|Old Nickel by Random Dude on Flickr.]
 * Video: [|Nickel on web elements]
 * [| Web elements Nickle] 
 * [|history of nickel]
 * [|isotopes for nickel]<span style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139);">