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Uses Nickel-copper alloy
plating makes propellers
strong and durable.
Nickel goblet drum
Ship propeller
This nickel-plated
instrument has
a shiny finish.

Rust-resistant
handle Electric guitar Transition Metals

Nickeline Nickel-based coin These nickel-plated
guitar strings help
create a clear tone.
This coin
from the USA,
made of a nickel-
copper alloy,
The US five cent is called a
coin is made of an
alloy of 75% copper nickel.
and 25% nickel.

Nickel-plated dagger
This silver-coated
fork is made of an
alloy of nickel,
copper, and zinc.
Nickel cutlery
PERMANENT MAGNETS
Toaster
A temporary magnet works when it is put in a magnetic
field, but a permanent magnet retains its charge even when
it is taken out of that field. Nickel is one of only a few
elements that can be used to make permanent magnets.

1. Atoms in a piece of nickel
metal are arranged randomly.

2. When a magnetic field
is applied, the atoms align
in one direction.

3. The atoms then stay aligned
and produce a magnetic field of
their own, even after the external
field is removed. Nickel alloy wires
heat up to make toast.

them look like silver – a trick still used to make in most of the world’s silver-coloured coins.
inexpensive ornamental objects. Nickel is also Nickel is used in the strings of electric
mixed with copper to make an alloy called guitars. This element is added to chromium
cupronickel. This is used as plating on propellers to make an alloy called nichrome. Wires made
and other metallic parts of ships, as the alloy does of this alloy conduct heat very well, so are
not corrode in seawater. The same alloy is used used in toasters. 67

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