Nickel: An exposé

Nickel (Ni) is an element from the periodic table. It has the Atomic Number 28 and the Atomic Mass 58.6934g.

The Nickel ion is Ni+2.

 

Nickel In different languages:

Latin: Niccolum

Czech: Nikl

Croatian: Nikal

French: Nickel

German: Nickel - r

Italian: Nichel

Norwegian: Nikkel

Portuguese: Niquel

Russian: graphic of Russian name for the element Nickel

Spanish: Níquel

Swedish: Nickel

 

Nickel is silvery-white in color and is very shiny when polished.

Nickel is a moderately hard white metal.

Nickel does not tarnish in air at room temperature, but forms its oxide in superheated steam.

Nickel burns with oxygen giving nickelous oxide.

Nickel reacts easily with nitric acid, creating nickel nitrate.

Nickel has a melting point of 1726 degrees Celsius and a boiling point of 3005 degrees Celsius.

Nickel has a density of 8902 g/ml.

Here are the isotopes of Nickel:

 
58Ni
59Ni
60Ni
61Ni
62Ni
63Ni
64Ni
atomic mass
57.935
58.934
59.933
60.931
61.928
62.930 62.928
natural abundance
68.27%
0%
26.10%
1.13%
3.59%
 
0%		 0.92%

The Atomic Radius of Nickel is 1.62Å.

The Atomic Volume of Nickel is 6.59cm3/mol.

The Crystal Structure of Nickel is Cubic face centered:

The number of electrons per energy level is 2,8,16,2:

 

 

 

 

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