Atomic Number: 28
Nickel
Ni
Electrons: 2-8-16-2
Oxidation States: +2+3
Atomic Weight: 58.6934
Phase: Gas
M.P.:1728 K
(1455 °C, 2651 °F)
B.P.:3186 K
(2913 °C, 5275 °F)
Occurrence:0.000161%
Nickel is one of the five ferromagnetic elements. However, the US "nickel" coin is not magnetic, because it actually is mostly copper, but old Canadian nickels minted until 1958 were.
Thanks: Wikipedia
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