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- It is poisonous - a carcinogen in sufficient doses -but it has been a common material for coins for many years.
- About 68% of world production is used in stainless steel
- The element's name comes from an incident in medieval Germany when miners found what appeared to be copper ore (actually nickeline, a nickel arsenide) but from which copper could not be refined. The miners blamed this on a mischievous Sprite of German miner mythology, Nickel (similar to Old Nick). They called this ore Kupfernickel from the German Kupferfor copper.
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1. Nickel was discovered in Sweden 2. Nickel was discovered by Alex Cronstedt 3. It was discovered in 1751 4. The U.S. nickel contains 25% of nickel 5. Very useful, but toxic to humans 6. NICKEL got its name by the german word kupfernickel 7. Kupfernickel means DEVIL'S COPPER 8.Nickel is commonly found in meteorites
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