28 · Ni
Nickel
Isolated by Cronstedt in 1751.
Identity
- Atomic number
- 28
- Symbol
- Ni
- Canonical name
- Nickel
- Category
- transition metal
- Group
- 10
- Period
- 4
- Block
- d
Properties
These quantities come from the Periodic Table JSON compilation. They have not yet been checked, one by one, against CIAAW atomic weights or NIST measurements. A value marked estimated is not a measurement.
- Atomic mass
- 58.69344 u
- Electron configuration
- [Ar] 3d8 4s2
- Electrons per shell
- 2, 8, 16, 2
- Standard state
- solid
- Density
- 8.908 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1,728 K
- Boiling point
- 3,003 K
- Electronegativity
- 1.91 Pauling
- First ionization energy
- 737.1 kJ/mol
- Electron affinity
- 111.65 kJ/mol
History
Kupfernickel
Discovery · confirmed · 1751
Cronstedt isolates nickel from the ore miners called devil’s copper.
Etymology
- Theme
- mythology
- Language
- allemand
- Root
- Kupfernickel
- Meaning
- Old Nick, the deceptive copper spirit
Scientists
Places and institutions
- Stockholm — historical setting : Sweden — present country : Sweden
See also
Sources
- IUPAC, Periodic Table of the Elements
- Bowserinator, Periodic Table JSON. Compilation secondaire d’où viennent les grandeurs physiques importées (masse, densité, températures, énergies). Elles ne sont pas revérifiées une à une auprès du NIST ou de la CIAAW.
- John Emsley, Nature’s Building Blocks: An A–Z Guide to the Elements