Nickel, Nickel it is silvery-white.
It is used to make stainless steal, yea that’s right.
It’s atomic symbol is Ni, yea I know its tight.

 

History
Industrial Uses
Intersting Facts
Glossary
Properties
Health Effects
Exposure
Bibliography

 

History:
Nickel was discovered in the 18th century. Nickel is a silver-white metal.  A very interesting fact about nickel is that is rarely found as a pure metal.  Nickel is usually used to mix with other metals.  The name “nick” was a traditional name for the devil, and nickel gets its name from an old German name for Kupfernickel, which translates, to “Nick’s Copper.”  The first chemist to investigate nickel was a Swedish scientist named Axel Fredrick Cronstedt.

Industrial Uses:
Nickel has the color of silver and white.  The main purpose of nickel is for stainless steel products, and coins.  For example nickel might be in your forks or spoons.  Nickel is also used to be mixed with other metals.  There are 58 million tons of nickel ore. And Australia has 34% of the nickel ore reserves.  Nickel is used in bullet p roof vaults and provides a positive coating for other metals.

 

Interesting Facts:
Nickel is a silver-white metal.  A very interesting fact about nickel is that is rarely found as a pure metal.  Nickel is usually used to mix with other metals.  Nickel is a transition metal like copper and iron.  It has 2 electrons on the outer shell.  Makes up 0.007% of the earths crust.  Nickel has 28 protons and 38 electrons.

Properties:
It is silvery-white.  Nickel takes a high polish.  Nickel is hard, malleable, and ductile.  Nickel is in the iron-cobalt group.  Nickel is somewhat ferromagnetic.  Nickel is a fair conductor of heat and electrity.  Pure nickel is raley found in nature.

 

Health Effects:

Nickel is highly found in chocolate and fats.  An interesting fact about nickel with smokers is that they have a higher nickel uptake through there lungs.  Large amounts of nickel can be a danger to the human body.  It can cause lung cancer, sickness, dizziness, lung embolism, respiratory failure, birth defects, and skin rashes, heart disorders.

Exposure:
When being around large amounts of nickel you want to be very careful.  You should only spend 40 hours a week when being around nickel and only about 8 hours a day.  Certain compounds in nickel can be VERY dangerous for the body.

Atomic Info
Atomic Number 28
Atomic Mass 58.70
Atomic Symbol Ni
Oxidation Stautes 2,3
Atomic Radius 124.6 cm

 

Copper (Cu) is in the same group as Nickel, the tranistion metals CLICK HERE to find out more infomation on Cu

 

Glossary
 

Radius: A straight line from the center to the circumference of a circle or sphere.
Vaults; A large room or chamber used for storage.
Oxidation: The deposit that forms on the surface of a metal as it oxidizes.
Stainless steal: Alloy steel containing 12 percent or more chromium, so as to be resistant to rust and attack from various chemicals.
Ferromagnetic:  A characteristic of substances such as iron, nickel, or cobalt and various alloys that exhibit extremely high magnetic permeability, a characteristic saturation point, and magnetic hysteretic.
Cobalt: A silver white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics.

 

Bibliography

California Physical Science. Boston Massachusetts: Prentice Hall, 2008.
The Element Nickel. New York: Benchmark Books, 2005.
"Nickel Element Facts." Chemi Cool. 10 Feb. 2009 <http://www.chemicool.com/elements/nickel.html>.
Nickel. 15 Dec. 2003. University of California. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/28.html>.
"Nickel: the essentials." WebElements. 1993. 10 Feb. 2009 <http://www.webelements.com/nickel/>.
Periodic Table of Elements. 14 Feb. 2009 <http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/periodic_table/>.


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