Nickel

William L. Griffin (1) , Mathieu Chassé (2)

1 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Sydney]
2 IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie

Atomic symbol: Ni Atomic number: 28 Atomic weight: 58.69 Isotopes and abundances: 58 Ni 68.0769 %, 60 Ni 26.2231 %, 61 Ni 1.1399 %, 62 Ni 3.6345 %, 64 Ni 0.9256 % 1 Atm melting point: 1455 C 1 Atm boiling point: 2913 C Common valences: 2+ Ionic radii: fourfold, 55 pm; fourfold square, 49 pm; fivefold, 0.63 pm; sixfold, 9 pm Pauling electronegativity: 1.91 First ionization energy: 737.1 kJ/mol Chondritic (CI) abundance: 1.091 % Silicate earth abundance: 0.186 % Crustal abundance: 47 ppm Seawater abundance: ~2–10 nM/kg Core abundance: ~5.2 %

Domaines: Géochimie; Minéralogie

William L. Griffin, Mathieu Chassé. Nickel. William M. White. Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp.1-4, 2016, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_243-1⟩. ⟨hal-01420735⟩