Thursday, April 28, 2022

ALL ABOUT NICKEL part one

  •  https://byjus.com/chemistry/nickel/
  • Nickel is a transition metal, with an atomic number of 28, located in the fourth period/row on the periodic table of elements.
  •  It is an essential nutrient for the body but it’s over intake can cause harm. 
  • Humans can get the infection by breathing in infected air or drinking such water or eating such food or smoking cigarettes.
  •  Too much of nickel consumption can cause Lung cancer, Nose cancer, Larynx cancer, and Prostate cancer.
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Uses Of Nickel

    • The most crucial use of this element is that it is used to make coins.
    • It is used in making wires.
    • It is used in gas turbines and rocket engines as it has the capability to resist corrosion even at high temperature.
    • It is used to make a variety of alloys which are further used to make armour plating, nails, or pipes.
    • Monel (alloys of nickel and copper), is a hard compound and can resist corrosion by seawater. Hence, it is used in propeller shaft in boats and desalination plants.
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Properties Of Nickel

      • Nickel is silvery-white, hard, malleable, and ductile metal.
      • It is a good conductor of heat and electricity.
      • It is bivalent, that is it has a valency of two.
      • The metal dissolves slowly in dilute acids.
      • It’s melting point is 1453 °C and boiling point is 2913 °C.
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Certain Facts About Nickel

        • As it is radioactive metal, it is toxic and harmful to life.
        • The compound of 99Tc is very contaminative in nature and hazardous for life.
        • One must use a safety glove box while handling the chemical.
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What is nickel used for?

How Do We Use Nickel?

        • Approximately 80 percent of the primary (not recycled) nickel consumed in the United States in 2011 was used in alloys, such as stainless steel and superalloys. Because nickel increases an alloy's resistance to corrosion and its ability to withstand extreme temperatures, equipment and parts made of nickel-bearing alloys are often used in harsh environments, such as those in chemical plants, petroleum refineries, jet engines, power generation facilities, and offshore installations. Medical equipment, cookware, and cutlery are often made of stainless steel because it is easy to clean and sterilize.

        • Nickel is the fifth most abundant element in the Earth, but most of that nickel is located in the core, more than 1,800 miles below the surface.

        •  In Earth's crust, two major types of ore deposits supply most of the nickel used today: magmatic sulfide deposits (such as the pentlandite and pyrrhotite deposits found at Norilsk, Russia; Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; and Kambalda, Australia) and laterite deposits (including those found in Cuba, New Caledonia, and Indonesia).

        •  Also, manganese nodules and crusts on the deep sea floor may contain as much nickel as the deposits Magmatic sulfide deposits contain about 40 percent of global nickel resource currently are the source of more than one-half of the world's nickel supply. Nickel deposits may develop if magma that contains low amounts of silica and high amounts of magnesium becomes saturated in sulfur, usually through reacting with rocks in Earth's crust. A sulfur-rich liquid may separate from the magma; ions of nickel, and some other elements, may move into it. Because the sulfur-rich liquid is denser than the magma, the liquid sinks and accumulates along the base of magma chambers, intrusions, or lava flows, where nickel-bearing sulfide minerals may then crystallize. The sulfide minerals often contain cobalt, copper, or platinum-group metals as well.

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      • Nickel is the fifth most abundant element in the Earth, but most of that nickel is located in the core, more than 1,800 miles below the surface.
      •  In Earth's crust, two major types of ore deposits supply most of the nickel used today: magmatic sulfide deposits (such as the pentlandite and pyrrhotite deposits found at Norilsk, Russia; Sudbury, OntarioCanada; and Kambalda, Australia) and laterite deposits (including those found in CubaNew Caledonia, and Indonesia).
      •  Also, manganese nodules and crusts on the deep sea floor may contain as much nickel as the deposits known onshore, but they are not currently being mined.
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      • Magmatic sulfiMagmatic sulfide deposits contain about 40 percent of global nickel resources and currently are the source of more than one-half of the world's nickel supply. 


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