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At present the nickel is 25% nickel and 75% copper. This mix may change since nickels contain more the 6 cents worth of metal.
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What is An element that has the same name as a US coin worth five cents?
nickel
An element that is a coin?
The USA refers to their 5 cent coin as a Nickel. Nickel (Ni) is an element with the atomic number 28.
Is nickel a combination of two or more metals?
No, nickel is a metallic element with the symbol Ni and the atomic number 28.A nickel ... a US 5 cent coin ... is made of an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel (the element).
What is the element named after a coin?
The element nickel shares its name with the American or Canadian 5 cent piece. This is because the coin was made out of that metal or its alloy. The element was named in 1751, by Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt who first isolated it. In the United States, the term "nickel" was first applied to coins in 1859.
Which element is represented by Thomas Jefferson on a coin?
Thomas Jefferson is represented on the United States nickel coin.
What element is represented by Tomas Jefferson on a coin?
nickel
Is nickel a pure metal?
No, because steel is a mixture.True, but more to the point:Nickel is an element, chemical symbol Ni, chemical element Z = 28, a silvery-white metal, a ferromagnetic metal [you can make magnets with it]. All by itself. Nickel is not a mixture of anything.
What is nikel made of?
The five cent US coin called "nickel" is now made of 75% copper and 25% nickel The five cent Canadian coin called "nickel" is now made of 94.5% steel, 3.5% copper with 2% pure nickel plating; between 1946 and 1981 the Canadian coins were pure nickel. Nickel is an element made of electrons, protons and neutrons
Is the element nickel in an US nickel?
A standard US nickel coin contains 1.25 grams of the element nickel. The rest is copper. However from mid-1942 to the end of 1945, the U.S. minted 5-cent coins out of an alloy of silver, copper, and manganese because nickel metal was needed for the war effort. Their silver content is the reason "war nickels" are worth more than other nickels of a similar age.
Element found in a 10 cents coin?
according to my research bec. it is also my home work it is the element nickel.
Which us coin weighs 5 grams?
The nickel.
Which US coin equals 5 cents?
A Nickel.
