•  Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam Synonyms: 

Nickel powder, Nickel flake, Ni, Spherical nano nickel, Conductive nickel, CAS 7440-02-0, Nickel spheres, Nickel flake, Nickel foam, Nickel lump, Nickel pieces, Nickel pellets, Nickel slug, Nickel single crystal, Nickel foil, Nickel target, Nickel plate, Nickel gauze, Nickel wire, Nickel rod, Nickel tube, CAS #7440-02-0,   

• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam Designations:

Chemical Name: Nickel

Chemical Formula: Ni

• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam Description:

Nickel is a lustrous, silvery-white metal with an excellent resistance to corrosion. It is hard, malleable, ductile, ferromagnetic, and a reasonable conductor of heat and electricity. A member of the iron-cobalt group of metals, nickel is extensively used for making stainless steel and other corrosion resistant alloys. In nature, nickel is a component in most meteorites, even serving as one of the criteria for distinguishing a meteorite from other minerals.

• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam Physical Properties Available:

Nickel (Ni) metal powder, spheres, flake, lump, pieces, pellets, slug, single crystal, foil, target, plate, gauze, wire, rod, tube

• Nickel (Ni) Metal Powder Current Availability:

1) "After three straight years of declines, RBC forecasts a rebound in global nickel demand of 17.1% in 2010 followed by growth of 8.4% in 2011 and 9.5% in 2012. “China remains the main driver of nickel demand growth; however, demand outside of China has rebounded strongly in 2010 on the back of restocking. Demand growth for nickel in stainless steel has softened in the second half of 2010 on lower stainless steel production and a lower austenitic ratio, as producers place increased emphasis on ferric grades of stainless steel containing little or no nickel. We expect an improvement in nickel demand in stainless steel in 2011."

2) “The resumption of production at Vale’s Sudbury and Voisey’s Bay operations, combined with softness in global stainless steel demand have pushed the market into surplus in the second half of 2010 after a substantial deficit in the first half of the year. We expect increasing downward pressure on prices as a result. In 2011 and 2012, we expect prices to move toward the upper end of the cost curve to limit production increases and balance the market. We forecast an average price of $9.78/lb in 2010, $9.00/lb in 2011, $8.00/lb in 2012, $8.50/lb in 2013 and $8.50/lb in 2014. Our long-term price forecast is $7.50/lb in 2010 US dollars." Source: RBC Capitol Markets (RBC) 

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• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam Physical Constants:

• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam Typical Applications:  

1) Nickel is used in many industrial and consumer products, including stainless steel, magnets, coinage, and special alloys. It is also used for plating and as a green tint in glass. Nickel is pre-eminently an alloy metal, and its chief use is in the nickel steels and nickel cast irons, of which there are innumerable varieties. It is also widely used for many other alloys, such as nickel brasses and bronzes, and alloys with copper, chromium, aluminium, lead, cobalt, silver, and gold.

2) Nickel consumption can be summarized as: nickel steels (60%), nickel-copper alloys and nickel silver (14%), malleable nickel, nickel clad, Inconel and other Superalloys (9%), plating (6%), nickel cast irons (3%), heat and electric resistance alloys, such as Nichrome (3%), nickel brasses and bronzes (2%), others (3%).

3) In the laboratory, nickel is frequently used as a catalyst for hydrogenation, most often using Raney nickel, a finely divided form of the metal.

4) Nickel has also been often used in coins, or occasionally as a substitute for decorative silver. The American 'nickel' five-cent coin is 75% copper. The Canadian nickel minted at various periods between 1922-81 was 99.9% nickel, and was magnetic. Source: Wikipedia

• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam Packaging Options:

Usually to customer specification

• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

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• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam CAS Number:

CAS# 7440-02-0

• Nickel (Ni) Powder, Sheet & Foam UN Number:

3089