Nickel 28

Atomic No. Order:

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Periodic Table

2, 8,

16, 2

Ni
28

Pd
46

Pt
78

Ds
110

Uhn
160

Bun
210

Nickel

Symbol

Atomic Number

Relative Atomic Mass
¹²C = 12.0000

58.6934 ± 0.04 [IUPAC 2007]

Atomic Radius pm

125

First Ionisation Energy
kJ mol ^-1

736.7

Ionisation Energy (eV)

7.6398

Electronegativity

1.91

Density
kg m ^-3

8902 [298 K]
7780 [l., m.p.]

Molar Volume cm ³

6.59

Thermal Conductivity
W m ^-1 K ^-1

90.7 [300 K]

Melting Point K

1726

Boiling Point K

3005

Number of Isotopes

Isotope Atomic mass/u Mole fraction

58Ni 57.935 3477(16) 0.680 769(89)
60Ni 59.930 7903(15) 0.262 231(77)
61Ni 60.931 0601(15) 0.011 399(6)
62Ni 61.928 3484(15) 0.036 345(17)
64Ni 63.927 9692(16) 0.009 256(9)

Inner + outer Shells

Inner + outer Orbitals

Filling Orbital

3d ⁸

Ground State Electron
Configuration

[Ar]

3d ⁸

4s ²

Ground State Electron
Configuration with
free Orbitals (n=8)

0, 0, 2, 6

Ground State Electron
Configuration with
compressed Orbitals (n=24)

0, 0, 0, 24

Singularity

	s	p	d		f	g	h	i	j
1	2
2	2	6
3	2	6	8	2
4	2	6	10		14
5
6
7

Term Symbol

³F ₄

Discovery

It was discovered by the Swedish metallurgist Axel-Frederik Cronstedt (Stockholm, Sweden) in 1751.

Name Derived From

The name derives from the German nickel for "deceptive little spirit" because miners called mineral niccolite (NiAs) by the name Kupfernickel (false copper, Devil's copper or St. Nicholas copper') because it resembled copper ores in appearance, but no copper was found in the ore.

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