Nickel Element (Periodic Table)

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Nickel (Ni) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 10 and the period 4, and is having the atomic number 28. It is a hard, lustrous, silvery-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Saxon term “Kupfernickel”, which means devil’s copper.

group
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
period
1
 1
H
 2
He
2
 3
Li
 4
Be
 5
B
 6
C
 7
N
 8
O
 9
F
 10
Ne
3
 11
Na
 12
Mg
 13
Al
 14
Si
 15
P
 16
S
 17
Cl
 18
Ar
4
 19
K
 20
Ca
 21
Sc
 22
Ti
 23
V
 24
Cr
 25
Mn
 26
Fe
 27
Co
 28
Ni
 29
Cu
 30
Zn
 31
Ga
 32
Ge
 33
As
 34
Se
 35
Br
 36
Kr
5
 37
Rb
 38
Sr
 39
Y
 40
Zr
 41
Nb
 42
Mo
 43
Tc
 44
Ru
 45
Rh
 46
Pd
 47
Ag
 48
Cd
 49
In
 50
Sn
 51
Sb
 52
Te
 53
I
 54
Xe
6
 55
Cs
 56
Ba
 72
Hf
 73
Ta
 74
W
 75
Re
 76
Os
 77
Ir
 78
Pt
 79
Au
 80
Hg
 81
Tl
 82
Pb
 83
Bi
 84
Po
 85
At
 86
Rn
7
 87
Fr
 88
Ra
 104
Rf
 105
Db
 106
Sg
 107
Bh
 108
Hs
 109
Mt
 110
Ds
 111
Rg
 112
Cn
 113
Nh
 114
Fl
 115
Mc
 116
Lv
 117
Ts
 118
Og
57
La
 58
Ce
 59
Pr
 60
Nd
 61
Pm
 62
Sm
 63
Eu
 64
Gd
 65
Tb
 66
Dy
 67
Ho
 68
Er
 69
Tm
 70
Yb
 71
Lu
89
Ac
 90
Th
 91
Pa
 92
U
 93
Np
 94
Pu
 95
Am
 96
Cm
 97
Bk
 98
Cf
 99
Es
 100
Fm
 101
Md
 102
No
 103
Lr
– d block

FAQs on Nickel Element

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‣ What does nickel look like?

Appearance: lustrous, metallic, and silver with a gold tinge
‣ When was nickel discovered and who discovered it?

Discovery and first isolation: Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1751)
‣ Where is nickel located on the periodic table?

Nickel Periodic Table

Location: Nickel is found in the tenth column of the periodic table, next to the cobalt element.
‣ What is nickel’s atomic number?

Atomic number (Z): 28
‣ What is nickel’s symbol?

Symbol: Ni
‣ Nickel atomic weight: 58.6934
‣ What block is nickel in on the periodic table?

Block: d-block
‣ What group is nickel in on the periodic table?

Group: 10
‣ What period is nickel on the periodic table?

Period: 4
‣ What is the atomic radius of nickel?

Atomic radius: empirical: 124 pm
‣ Nickel covalent radius: 124±4 pm
‣ Nickel Van der Waals radius: 163 pm
‣ What is nickel’s melting point?

Melting point: 1728 K (1455 °C, 2651 °F)
‣ What is nickel’s boiling point?

Boiling point: 3003 K (2730 °C, 4946 °F)
‣ How many electron shells does nickel have?

Electrons per shell: 2, 8, 16, 2 or 2, 8, 17, 1
‣ What is nickel electron configuration?

Electron configuration: [Ar] 3d8 4s2 or [Ar] 3d9 4s1
‣ What is the ionization energy of nickel?

Ionization energies:
1st: 737.1 kJ/mol
2nd: 1753.0 kJ/mol
3rd: 3395 kJ/mol
‣ What phase is nickel normally found in?

Phase (at r.t): solid
‣ What is nickel’s density?

Density (near r.t): 8.908 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p): 7.81 g/cm3
‣ Nickel magnetic ordering: ferromagnetic
‣ Nickel natural occurrence: primordial
‣ What is the oxidation state of nickel?

Oxidation state: -1, 0, +2, +3, +4
‣ Nickel electronegativity: Pauling scale: 1.91
‣ Nickel poisson’s ratio: 0.31
‣ Nickel heat of fusion: 17.48 kJ/mol
‣ Nickel heat of vaporization: 379 kJ/mol
‣ Nickel molar heat capacity: 26.07 J/(mol K)
‣ Speed of sound in nickel: 4900 m/s (at r.t)
‣ What is nickel crystal structure?

Crystal structure: face-centered cubic (fcc)
‣ Thermal expansion of nickel: 13.4 µm/(m.K) (at 25 °C)
‣ Thermal conductivity of nickel: 90.9 W/(m.K)
‣ Nickel electrical resistivity: 69.3 nΩ.m (at 20 °C)
‣ What is nickel’s hardness?

Mohs hardness: 4.0
Vickers hardness: 638 MPa
Brinell hardness: 667-1600 MPa
‣ Young’s modulus of nickel: 200 GPa
‣ Shear modulus of nickel: 76 GPa
‣ Bulk modulus of nickel: 180 GPa
‣ Nickel CAS number: 7440-02-0

‣ Nickel vapor pressure

Vapor pressure
P (Pa)1101001 k10 k100 k
at T (K)178319502154241027413184

‣ How many isotopes does nickel have?

Main isotopes of nickel
IsotopeAbundanceHalf-life (t1/2)Decay modeProduct
58Ni68.077 %stable
59Nitrace7.6 × 104 yε59Co
60Ni26.223 %stable
61Ni1.140 %stable
62Ni3.635 %stable
63Nisyn100 yβ–63Cu
64Ni0.926 %stable

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