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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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What are unusual facts about nickel?
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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