Atomic Symbol: Ni
Atomic Number: 28
Atomic Weight: 58.69
Isotopes and Abundances: 58Ni 68.0769%, 60Ni 26.2231%, 61Ni 1.1399%, 62Ni 3.6345%, 64Ni 0.9256%
1 Atm Melting Point: 1455 °C
1 Atm Boiling Point: 2913 °C
Common Valences: 2+
Ionic Radii: fourfold, 55 pm; fourfold square, 49 pm; fivefold, 0.63 pm; sixfold, 9 pm
Pauling Electronegativity: 1.91
First Ionization Energy: 737.1 kJ/mol
Chondritic (CI) Abundance: 1.091%
Silicate Earth Abundance: 0.186%
Crustal Abundance: 47 ppm
Seawater Abundance: ~2–10 nM/kg
Core Abundance: ~5.2%
Properties
Nickel has an atomic number of 28, an atomic weight of 58.69, and a density of 8.9 g/cm3. It is a silvery metal that melts at 1455 °C and boils at 2913 °C; it is magnetic, malleable, and ductile and conducts electricity (www.rsc.org/periodic-table).
Ni has five naturally occurring stable isotopes and up to 18 radioactive isotopes, all long extinct. Up to 0.4 permil difference in Ni-isotope composition is observed between...
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Griffin, W.L., Chassé, M. (2018). Nickel. In: White, W.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geochemistry. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39312-4_243
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