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The name comes from the German word Kupfernickel, meaning "devil's copper". It's generally thought that the name was given by the metal's discoverer, Baron Axel Frederik Cronstedt. Miners had hoped to find softer copper, but instead found a metal that was much harder and more difficult to work with.

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