1. Nickel-Ni By: Heather Robert

3. What is Nickel? Nickel is a ferromagnetic metallic element that is used in alloys. Nickel is also in the iron group. It originates from the Greek word kupfernickel.

4. Alex Fredrick Cronsted1722-1765 He was a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines and in 1751 he discovered Nickel in a mineral called Niccolite.

5. Atomic Mass and Atomic Number Atomic number Atomic mass

6. Melting and Boiling Points Melting point Boiling point 1453 °C 2913 °C

7. The Features Nickel has a silvery-white look. It is a hard malleable substance, and it is a ductile metal.

8. What to know… The major usage of Nickel is in the process of preparation of alloys. About 65% of Nickel that is consumed by the Western World is used for the process of making stainless steel.

9. Nickel in the Environment The total amount of Nickel that has been dissolved in the sea is to be about 8 billion ton’s. Because the organic matter in earth is strong, it has the ability to absorb the metal.

10. Health Effects With too much Nickel… Higher chances of development of lung cancer, nose cancer, larynx cancer and prostate cancer Sickness and dizziness after exposure to nickel gas Lung embolism Respiratory failure Birth defects Asthma and chronic bronchitis

11. What else has Nickel? Foods naturally contain small amounts of Nickel Nickel can be found in detergents Silverware also contains nickel.

12. What I learned I learned that Nickel is used in a lot of things in the world today. What I found really interesting was that Nickel is in the air.

13. The End!