Nickel Atomic number 28 Stuff that annoys Commentary

Los—Axel Fredrik Cronstedt elements

Nickel

• Axel Fredrik Cronstedt,
• a student of Georg Brandt and
• a mining expert for the Swedish
• Bureau of Mines, at first mistook
• the red ore as a copper mineral.
• Miners called it kupfernickel after copper
• and Nickel, a mischievous sprite
• whom miners blamed for the fact
• you couldn’t get copper from it.

Atomic number 28

• Occurs with iron
• in meterorites
• and Earth’s core.
• Ancient Chinese
• included it in bronze,
• it is thought, unintentionally.
• Used in coins,
• stainless steel and other alloys,
• magnets, rechargeable batteries,
• and hydrogenating catalysts.

Stuff that annoys

• Humans depend
• on enzymes
• that contain nickel.
• My sister
• is allergic to nickel
• on contact.