Nickel

Nickel: uses

The following uses for nickel are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add 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

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