Nickel
Nickel is a silvery-white metallic element which is commonly used in the modern industrial world
Nickel Uses
- Used in coins and jewelry
- Used in white good
- Used in stainless steel
- Used in rechargeable batteries
- Used as a plating in plumbing fixtures
- Commonly used in stainless steel
- Also used in batteries as it relates to cobalt
- Important for Electric Cars
- There is a global shortage of nickel (2018)
- Nickel is a relatively difficult metal to find
- It can be found in many different forms
- Nickel Laterite is a crubled rock found in tropic countries, but it not suited for use in batteries
- batteries need nickel sulfate
- Nickel sulfate requires an expensive refining process (can cost billions for the plant)
- Nickel Sufide is very rare, but easier to convert into a form of Nickel that can be used in batteries
- Nicek sulfide is found in Eastern Canada, Western Australia & Russia
- The PGMs (Platinum Metal Group) are commonly found and mined with along nickel