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Ni

Nickel

58.693

Transition Metal
Solid

Discovery

Cronstedt, Alex Fredrik (1751)

Etymology

Swedish via German

Meaning

Copper-coloured ore

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Face-centered cubic

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

1453.0 °C

1726.15 K

Boiling point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

2870.0 °C

3143.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

8.90 g/cm3

Electronegativity

1.91