Nickel is used to make magnets more often than silver is, for two main reasons:
1). Silver is much more expensive than nickel.
2). Silver is diamagnetic. That means it has a weak, negative susceptibility to
magnetic fields, it's slightly repelled by a magnetic field, and it does not retain
the magnetic properties when the external field is removed. That means that
even if silver were much cheaper than nickel, silver makes crummy magnets
that are totally useless as magnets, and you would just have to use nickel
anyway.
Yes, nickel is used in so-called "alnico" magnets, made of ALuminium, NIckel, and CObalt.
Nickel because it is ferromagnetic (aka you can get it magnetized)
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Nickel is used more in magnets
German silver would be much cheaper because it is a nickel alloy that doesn't actually contain silver. Sterling silver, on the other hand, is an alloy of 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper (usually). Silver is much more valuable than nickel.
Its OK: most metals are good conductors -------------------------------------------- More: since a nickel is made out of copper and nickel then it is sure to be a good conductor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More Information: Pure nickel is not a very good thermal conductor compared to other metals like copper. Nickel is often mixed with other metals, such as copper, and those alloys often have better thermal conductivity than pure nickel.
Silver is a fairly soft metal, and to make it more durable for (say) cutlery use, copper is alloyed with it to harden it. With 7.5% of copper, this is Sterling Silver.Silver also finds wide application in solders and brazes for joining metals, and many admixtures are used.
The HPNS marking means "Heavy Plated Nickel Silver". this means it is silver plated only - not sterling or coin silver composition.Visit the link below to learn more about various silver markings and gold markings.
Nickel is used more in magnets
to make more powerful magnets & to make nickel batteries
Nickel is a silver-colored metal that tends to have a more yellowish tint compared to silver. Additionally, nickel is not as shiny as silver and is heavier than silver. You can also check for markings on the metal to confirm the material.
The reason is because the dime used to be made of silver, while the nickel has always been a copper/nickel blend. Silver is worth more, which is why the coin could be smaller, but worth more. There used to be a silver half-dime, but the coin was so small that it was replaced by the nickel.
Neither is magnetic, so neither are used in magnets.
Copper, Gold, Silver, Aluminum, Zinc and many more.
No - copper-nickel alloy. Please see the Related Question for more details.
1945 makes it a silver "war" nickel. It's currently worth a bit over one dollar for the silver content alone, and possibly more depending on condition.
Copper-nickel, not silver. The only nickels that ever contained any silver were the famous "war nickels" made from 1942 to 1945, when silver replaced nickel metal because nickel was needed for the war effort.
nickel-it can be found in your beans, forks, and magnets....oh yeah, rocket engines too.
Most magnetic alloys are based on one or more of the following:ironnickelcobaltHigh field strength modern alloys also contain rare earth metals.
Copper ......