Nickel

About Nickel (Ni)

Symbol: Ni
Atomic number: 28
Atomic weight: 58.6934
Element category: transition metal
Nickel is silvery-white. hard, malleable, and ductile metal. Pure nickel shows a significant chemical activity, but larger pieces of the metal are slow to react with air due to the protective oxide surface.
The major use of nickel is in the preparation of alloys. About 46% of nickel production is for making nickel steels, 34% in nonferrous alloys or super alloys, 14% electroplating, and 6% in other uses. Nickel alloys are characterized by strength, ductility, and resistance to corrosion and heat.

Nickel metallic’s key traits are:

high melting point, 1453 ºC
Resists corrosion and oxidation
Very ductile
Alloys effectively
Magnetic at room temperature
may be deposited via electroplating
Has catalytic houses

Reflecting those traits, nickel is broadly used in over 300,000 merchandise for consumer, business, army, transport, aerospace, marine and architectural applications. the largest use is in alloying - in particular with chromium and other metals to produce stainless and warmth-resisting steels. those are used for pots and pans, kitchen sinks and many others, as properly in homes, food processing device, medical gadget and chemical flora.

about sixty five% of the nickel that is produced is used to manufacture stainless steels. any other 20% is used in other steel and non-ferrous alloys - regularly for exceedingly specialized commercial, aerospace and army packages. approximately 9% is utilized in plating and 6% in other uses, along with coins, electronics, and in batteries for portable system and hybrid vehicles. In many of these applications there's no replacement for nickel with out lowering performance or increasing value.

Nickel is vital for healthful flowers. As a end result, it is located clearly in most vegetables, end result and nuts, and inside the meals products derived from them, as an instance – chocolate and wine.

Stanford Advanced Materials (SAM) now can provide various nickel products including:

Nickel Metal:
Different shapes of nickel metal such as strip, foil, sheet, powder, purity from 99% to 99.995%.

Niobium Nickel alloy:
Niobium Nickel alloy lumps, sheet, foil, etc., custom products are available upon requests.

Nickel Evaporation Material:
Ni, Al/Ni, Cr/Ni, Co/Ni/Cr, Co/Ni, Cu/Ni, Fe/Ni, Mn/Ni, Ni/Cr/Al, Ni/Cr/Si, Ni/Cr, Ni/Cu, Ni/Fe, Ni/Mn, Ni/Ti, Ni/W, Ni/V, Ni/Zr, Ti/Ni, Zr/Ni, LaNiO3, NiO, NiSi2, Ni2B, NiTe