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- 🇬🇧 Nickel
- 🇺🇦 Нікель
- 🇨🇳 鎳
- 🇳🇱 Nikkel
- 🇫🇷 Nickel
- 🇩🇪 Nickel
- 🇮🇱 ניקל
- 🇮🇹 Nichel
- 🇯🇵 ニッケル
- 🇵🇹 Níquel
- 🇪🇸 Niquel
- 🇸🇪 Nickel
- 🇷🇺 Никель
The following uses for nickel are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I would be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses.
- chiefly valuable for the alloys it forms such as stainless steel and other corrosion-resistant alloys
- tubing made of a copper-nickel alloy is extensively used in making desalination plants for converting sea water into fresh water
- used extensively in coinage and in making nickel steel for armour plate and burglar-proof vaults
- nickel added to glass gives a green colour
- nickel plating is often used to provide a protective coating for other metals
- finely divided nickel is a catalyst for hydrogenating vegetable oils
- batteries
- electroplating