nickel

     

Nickel (pronounce /ˈnɪkəl/) is a metallic chemical element with the symbol Ni and atomic number 28.

Trivia about nickel

  • It's the only U.S. coin or bill produced in 2010 that features the private home of a president on the reverse
  • The common U.S. coin that's named for the metal it contains
  • It's worth 5 cents
  • The "American Buffalo" in David Mamet's play is one of these that would interest a numismatist
  • After being made with a new metal in 1883, the U.S. coin known as the half dime became known as this
  • Atomic number 28; if you don't know 1 lb. of pure this can be drawn into a wire 80 mi. long, you're not worth a plugged one
  • "American Buffalo", the title of a David Mamet play, refers to the buffalo on one of these coins
  • 1751:Axel Cronstedt discovers this -- the element, in a mineral, not the coin in his pants pocket
  • Edison proposed using sheets of this metal, used with cadmium in a battery, as a substitute for paper in books
  • Its atomic number is 28, but we think it would have made more sense if it was 5
  • 8.33 % of the dime is this metal, the rest is copper
  • I'll bet 5 cents you can name this metal, the mining of which once dominated Sudbury's economy
  • The bison depicted on this coin, 1913 to 1938, was Black Diamond, an animal on exhibit at the N.Y. Zoological Gardens
  • To identify a meteorite, Peterson's guide says to look for iron & this metal
  • In an exception to the norm, Co, cobalt, atomic number 27, is heavier than this element, Ni, atomic number 28
  • The core of the Earth is primarily iron & this
  • In 2004 a new version of this coin depicted the peace medal Lewis & Clark gave to Indians during their exploration
  • Could it be Satan this metal is named for? It comes from the German for "Old Nick"
  • Baron Axel Cronstedt isolated this element in 1751; that fact & 5 cents will get you...
  • Iron, cobalt & this silver-white next metal up on the periodic table share similar chemical properties
  • Among coinage metals, this one, atomic number 28, is only a fair conductor of electricity

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