What are uses of nickel metal?

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∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

· Nickel is also added to superalloys. To find out more about these types of alloys see the post uses of cobalt.

· Nickel is still used in many parts of the world in coins. The American nickel (worth 5 cents) is actually 75% copper and 25% nickel.

· Nickel foam or nickel mesh is used in alkaline fuel cells as part of the gas diffusion electrodes.

· Nickel is used in a process known as fire assay. This process helps identify the types of compounds in an ore, metal or alloy. Nickel is able to collect all the platinum group elements in this process. It also partially collects gold

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What is the metal in NIMH batteries?

Nickel nimh stands for "NIckel Metal Hydride"

What is Nickel-metal hydride?

Nickel-metal hydride batteries are a type of rechargeable battery with an electrochemistry similar to nickel cadmium batteries, but the eliminate the toxic cadmium metal.The older nickel cadmium battery uses nickel oxide hydroxide and metallic cadmium as electrodes, while the newer nickel-metal hydride battery keeps the nickel oxide hydroxide electrode it uses a complex alloy that readily absorbs hydrogen atoms forming a metal hydride, it is the absorbed hydrogen within this hydride that actually functions as the active electrode in the battery. In addition to eliminating the toxic cadmium (making recycling or disposal easier and cheaper) this change also provides other advantages: higher battery capacity, no memory effect, etc.Some of the different alloys used in the metal hydride electrode are:titanium nickellanthanum neodymium nickel cobalt siliconcerium lanthanum neodymium praseodymium nickel cobalt silicon

Is nickel a cpmpound?

no nickel is an element, a metal

You are a metal with 28 electrons what are you called?

Nickel is a metal and has 28 electrons when not ionized.

Is nickel a mineral?

yesYes

Is nickel igneous rock?

Nickel is a metal, not a rock.

Is a nickel a trandition element?

Nickel is a Transition Metal

Is a nickel a metal?

Yes. It's a metal.

What gets oxidized in an electrolytic cell made with nickel and copper electrodes?

Cu(s)

You are a metal with 28 metals?

If you are asking "How many metals are there," then no, there is approx. 95 metals.

What phobia is the fear of nickel?

I do not know the name for the fear on nickel i no the fear of metal is: Metallophobia - Fear of metal.

What does nickel free mean?

That it does not contain any of the metal nickel.

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