Nickel is Elemnet #28

My Name:                                                                        

 Hi i am the element Nickel my atomic number is # 28.

 Here are other ways to say my name.

Nikkel  in Dutch
Nickel in English,Swedish,German,and French
Niquel in Spanish and Portuguese

Description: Nickel is a silvery white metal that takes on a high polish.

 My Nucleus:

 I have 28 protons and about 2 neutrons in my most common   isotope. My natural occuring isotopes and their abudance in nature are :

 58 Ni         89%
 60 Ni           0%
 61 Ni          6%
62 Ni          17%
64 Ni           9%

My average atomic mass is around 58.7

My Electrons:

I have 4 shells. When there is a neutral atom, i only have 28 electrons.             

My Atom:

    { 1 picometer = 1 pm = 10^-12 m }

       Å =One ten-billionth of a meter

    My atomic radius is 149pm or 1.62Å.

My Properties:

I am a silvery white metal that is malleable. I resist corrosion but am able to dissolve in acids. I am  unaffected by alkalis. My melting point is 1453°C.

My Home ( Body,Planet,Universe)

 ppb (parts per billion; 1 billion = 10⁹)

Universe - 60000 ppb in weight

Earths Crust-90000 ppb in weight

Humans- .01 grams

My Compounds:

These are four examples of compunds:

Nickel difluoride: NiF₂

   Nickel diodide: NiI₂ 

Nickel Oxide: NiO

Nickel sulphide: Nis

    

  

My Story:

I  was discovered by Baron Axel Frederik Cronstedt in 1751. .  He expected to extract copper from a minneral called niccolite but got nothing at all instead he got a white metal that he called nickel after the mineral from which it was extracted.

My jobs:

Nickel  used for the manufacture of coins, magnets and common household utensils.

Tubing is usually made of a copper-nickel alloy and is extensively used in making desalination plants for converting sea water into fresh water. Also nickel steel is used for armour plate and burglar-proof vaults. Nickel can  also sometimes be used to provide a protective coating for other metals.

Bet you didnt know!

When i first picked to research about the element Nickel, the first thing that popped into my head was the coin. So i did a little research and in the United States, the term "nickel" or "nick" was  first used forv the copper-nickel Indian cent coin which was  introduced in 1859. Later, the name was used for  the three-cent coin introduced in 1865, and the following year the five-cent shield nickel used the name which has remained ever since. Coins of pure nickel were first used in  Switzerland in 1881.

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My Reference: heres a link to http://www.webelements.com/