Nickel
1. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to
corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite
and millerite. Because of nickel's slow rate of oxidation at room temperature,
it is considered corrosion-resistant.
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Shown is a nickel coin (value is 5 cents, U.S.) |