It’s time to talk about nickel. Now if you’re like most people, you just think of “nickels,” aka 5 cent pieces we use for money. But there’s nickel, element number 28 on the periodic table, with an atomic mass of 58.69. Nickel is used in a variety of ways– you’ll find it all around you in things like coins (bila shaka), batteries, magnets and stainless steel, just to name a few…
What You Should Know About Nickel
Nickel has been around for a long time– even artifacts from 5000 BC have nickel in them. Nickel is thought to have come to Earth via metallic meteorites. Today it’s the fifth most abundant element in the Earth, with more of it being found in the core rather than the crust. If you wanted to visit the world’s largest known nickel deposit, ungeenda Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, kwa eneo linalofunika 37 maili ndefu na 17 maili kwa upana.
Ni aina gani ya chuma ni nikeli? Vizuri, ni ductile, inayoweza kutengenezwa na ngumu– chuma cha fedha kinachong’aa na chembechembe kidogo cha dhahabu. Inachukua polish ya juu na inakabiliwa na kutu. Kondakta wa haki wa umeme na joto, nikeli ni mojawapo ya vipengele vitatu ambavyo ni ferromagnetic kwenye joto la kawaida. Sumaku za nickel zina nguvu sana. Japo kuwa, nikeli ina kiwango cha juu cha kuyeyuka (1453 digrii Celsius) na hutengeneza aloi kwa urahisi.
Nickel mara nyingi hutumika kutengeneza aloi zinazostahimili kutu kama vile chuma cha pua na chuma kinachostahimili joto.. Baadhi ya nikeli hutumiwa kupamba, pamoja na betri, sarafu na umeme. Ikiwa unaongeza nickel kwenye kioo, inatoa tint ya kijani. Na ulijua hili? Nickel inaweza kutumika kama kichocheo cha mafuta ya mboga hidrojeni. Nickel - ni nyingi.
Mwishowe, here’s something unique– today’s U.S. nickels aren’t mostly nickel! They’re more copper than nickel. And if you were to get a Canadian nickel? It’s made mostly of steel.
If you’re looking to partner with an industrial nickel supplier, jifunze jinsi Aloi za Eagle zinaweza kusaidia.
