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This is a '''timeline of {{w|nickel}}'''. One of the most widely used metals on the planet, nickel is used in over 300,000 different products. It is most often found in steels and metal alloys. It is also used in the production of batteries and permanent magnets.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel">{{cite web |title=Metal Profile: Nickel |url=https://www.thebalance.com/metal-profile-nickel-2340147 |website=thebalance.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref>
 
This is a '''timeline of {{w|nickel}}'''. One of the most widely used metals on the planet, nickel is used in over 300,000 different products. It is most often found in steels and metal alloys. It is also used in the production of batteries and permanent magnets.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel">{{cite web |title=Metal Profile: Nickel |url=https://www.thebalance.com/metal-profile-nickel-2340147 |website=thebalance.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref>
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==Sample questions==
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The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:
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* When is the nickel date of discovery?
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* How was nickel discovered?
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| Ancient history || Nickel is already used industrially as an alloying metal almost 2,000 years before it is isolated and recognized as a new element.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/>
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| Ancient history || Nickel is already used industrially as an alloying metal almost 2,000 years before it is isolated and recognized as a new element.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> Its production sees an early development in China.
 
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| 15th century || German miners, who believe they can extract {{w|copper}} from nickel ores in {{w|Saxony}}, refer to the metal as kupfernickel ("the devil's copper"), partly due to their futile attempts to extract copper from the ore, but also likely in part due to the health effects caused by the high arsenic content in the ore.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/>
 
| 15th century || German miners, who believe they can extract {{w|copper}} from nickel ores in {{w|Saxony}}, refer to the metal as kupfernickel ("the devil's copper"), partly due to their futile attempts to extract copper from the ore, but also likely in part due to the health effects caused by the high arsenic content in the ore.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/>
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| 18th century || Nickel is discovered in {{w|Sweden}} in this century, by {{w|Axel Fredrik Cronstedt}}.
 
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| 19th century || Nickel's use in plating and alloys with copper and zinc begins.<ref name="THE HISTORY OF NICKEL TWIN METALS">{{cite web |title=THE HISTORY OF NICKEL |url=http://www.twin-metals.com/the-history-of-nickel/ |website=twin-metals.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> Since the mid-century, nickel is the component of coins in the United States, India, Switzerland, and Canada.<?>
 
| 19th century || Nickel's use in plating and alloys with copper and zinc begins.<ref name="THE HISTORY OF NICKEL TWIN METALS">{{cite web |title=THE HISTORY OF NICKEL |url=http://www.twin-metals.com/the-history-of-nickel/ |website=twin-metals.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> Since the mid-century, nickel is the component of coins in the United States, India, Switzerland, and Canada.<?>
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| 20th century || Early in the century, the discovery of large scale deposits in {{w|Russia}} and {{w|South Africa}} makes large-scale production of nickel possible. A significant increase in demand of the metal results from {{w|World War I}} and {{w|World War II}}.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/> Along with development in society, the nickel industry develops rapidly since 1974, and the metal plays an important role in the stainless steel industry, battery industry and certain other industries. Nickel consumption increases greatly between 1974 and 2011.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development">{{cite web |title=Nickel: discovery and industry development |url=http://metalpedia.asianmetal.com/metal/nickel/history.shtml |website=metalpedia.asianmetal.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref>
 
| 20th century || Early in the century, the discovery of large scale deposits in {{w|Russia}} and {{w|South Africa}} makes large-scale production of nickel possible. A significant increase in demand of the metal results from {{w|World War I}} and {{w|World War II}}.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/> Along with development in society, the nickel industry develops rapidly since 1974, and the metal plays an important role in the stainless steel industry, battery industry and certain other industries. Nickel consumption increases greatly between 1974 and 2011.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development">{{cite web |title=Nickel: discovery and industry development |url=http://metalpedia.asianmetal.com/metal/nickel/history.shtml |website=metalpedia.asianmetal.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref>
 
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| 21st century || As of 2010, the largest producers of nickel are Russia, Canada, Australia, and Indonesia. The largest producers of refined nickel are Norilsk Nickel, Vale S.A., and Jinchuan Group Ltd. Only a small percentage of nickel is produced from recycled materials,<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/> however, nickel recycling industry is developing fast.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/>
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| 21st century || More than 1.4 million tons of primary or new nickel is produced worldwide.<ref name="NICKEL MINING AND PROCESSING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW"/> As of 2010, the largest producers of nickel are Russia, Canada, Australia, and Indonesia. The largest producers of refined nickel are Norilsk Nickel, Vale S.A., and Jinchuan Group Ltd. Only a small percentage of nickel is produced from recycled materials,<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/> however, nickel recycling industry is developing fast.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/> Nickel is now recognized as one of the most valuable mined materials, making nickel mining an important industry.<ref name="NICKEL MINING AND PROCESSING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW"/> 
 
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| 3500 BC || || Syrian bronzes contain a small amount of nickel.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/> || {{w|Syria}}
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| 3500 BC || Application || Syrian bronzes contain a small amount of nickel.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/> || {{w|Syria}}
 
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| 1700 BC – 1400 BC || || Chinese manuscripts suggest use of white copper (cupronickel).<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/> || {{w|China}}
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| 1700 BC – 1400 BC || Application || Chinese manuscripts suggest use of white copper (cupronickel).<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/> || {{w|China}}
 
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| 1500 BC || || Chinese documents from that time make reference to "white copper" (baitong), whis is very likely an alloy of nickel and {{w|silver}}.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/> || {{w|China}}
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| 1500 BC || Application || Chinese documents from that time make reference to "white copper" (baitong), whis is very likely an alloy of nickel and {{w|silver}}.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/> || {{w|China}}
 
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| 235 BC || || Coins in China are made of nickel.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/> || {{w|China}}
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| 235 BC || Application || Coins in China are made of nickel.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/><ref name="NICKEL MINING AND PROCESSING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ni - Nickel |url=http://eperiodictable.com/Ni.html |website=eperiodictable.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="Metal Story: Nickel (Ni)"/> || {{w|China}}
 
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| 200 BC || || The Chinese make substantial amounts of a white alloy from zinc and copper-nickel ore found in Yunnan province. The alloy, known as ''pai-t'ung'', is exported to the {{w|Middle East}} and even to {{w|Europe}}.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|China}}
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| 200 BC || Application || The Chinese make substantial amounts of a white alloy from zinc and copper-nickel ore found in Yunnan province. The alloy, known as ''pai-t'ung'', is exported to the {{w|Middle East}} and even to {{w|Europe}}.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|China}}
 
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| 1751 || || Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt first extracts pure nickel from the mineral niccolite (NiAs).<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/><ref name="THE HISTORY OF NICKEL TWIN METALS"/> ||  
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| 1751 || Scientific development || Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt first extracts pure nickel from the mineral niccolite (NiAs).<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/><ref name="THE HISTORY OF NICKEL TWIN METALS"/><ref name="Metal Story: Nickel (Ni)"/> Expecting to extract {{w|copper}} from this mineral, Cronsted obtains instead a white metal that he ends up calling nickel after the mineral from which it was extracted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nickel: historical information |url=https://www.webelements.com/nickel/history.html |website=webelements.com |accessdate=30 November 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Sweden}}
 
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| 1775 || || Swedish mineralogist Torbern Bergman first fully purifies nickel.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holleman |first1=A. F. |last2=Wiberg |first2=Egon |last3=Wiberg |first3=Nils |title=Inorganic Chemistry |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Mtth5g59dEIC&pg=PA1500&lpg=PA1500&dq=%22in+1775%22+%22Torbern+Bergman%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=tFXNfzL2Py&sig=-EH16eVobpZrc-OcGAjLCurAcM4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNqdOBmofdAhWEjpAKHbHhAZEQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201775%22%20%22Torbern%20Bergman%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What in the Word?! The bedeviling origins of ‘nickel’ |url=https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/12/23/what-in-the-word-nickel/ |website=blog.oxforddictionaries.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Richard |title=The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=4X6tYQr2r6IC&pg=PT91&lpg=PT91&dq=%22in+1775%22+%22Torbern+Bergman%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=YxexUI_Vle&sig=xmkV1DoWUHrfOsf0MoHB8lFPY2U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNqdOBmofdAhWEjpAKHbHhAZEQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201775%22%20%22Torbern%20Bergman%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref> ||
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| 1775 || Scientific development || Swedish mineralogist Torbern Bergman first fully purifies nickel.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holleman |first1=A. F. |last2=Wiberg |first2=Egon |last3=Wiberg |first3=Nils |title=Inorganic Chemistry |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Mtth5g59dEIC&pg=PA1500&lpg=PA1500&dq=%22in+1775%22+%22Torbern+Bergman%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=tFXNfzL2Py&sig=-EH16eVobpZrc-OcGAjLCurAcM4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNqdOBmofdAhWEjpAKHbHhAZEQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201775%22%20%22Torbern%20Bergman%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What in the Word?! The bedeviling origins of ‘nickel’ |url=https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/12/23/what-in-the-word-nickel/ |website=blog.oxforddictionaries.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Richard |title=The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=4X6tYQr2r6IC&pg=PT91&lpg=PT91&dq=%22in+1775%22+%22Torbern+Bergman%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=YxexUI_Vle&sig=xmkV1DoWUHrfOsf0MoHB8lFPY2U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNqdOBmofdAhWEjpAKHbHhAZEQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201775%22%20%22Torbern%20Bergman%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1776 || || It is established that the Chinese alloy ''pai-t'ung'', now called nickel-silver, is composed of {{w|copper}}, nickel, and {{w|zinc}}.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> ||
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| 1776 || Application || It is established that the Chinese alloy ''pai-t'ung'', now called nickel-silver, is composed of {{w|copper}}, nickel, and {{w|zinc}}.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> ||
 
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| 1796 || || William Nicholson publishes First Principles of Chemistry. About nickel, Nicholson writes:  
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| 1796 || Scientific development || English chemist [[w:William Nicholson (chemist)|William Nicholson]] publishes First Principles of Chemistry. About nickel, Nicholson writes:  
 
   This metallic substance has not been applied to any use; and the chief attention of those chemists who have examined it has been directed to obtain it in a state of purity; which however has not been accomplished... Nickel has been thought to be a modification of iron... So long as no one is able to produce this metal from pure iron or copper, and to explain in an intelligible way the process by which it can be generated, we must continue to regard it as a peculiar substance, possessing distinct properties. The general opinions of chemists concur in admitting the force of this reasoning.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Enghag |first1=Per |title=Encyclopedia of the Elements: Technical Data - History - Processing - Applications |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fUmTX8yKU4gC&pg=PA690&lpg=PA690&dq=%22in+1775%22+%22Torbern+Bergman%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=JLRKqOXil_&sig=3y9YUcQqQTFey3nw0M9O9wtspiU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNqdOBmofdAhWEjpAKHbHhAZEQ6AEwBHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201775%22%20%22Torbern%20Bergman%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref>
 
   This metallic substance has not been applied to any use; and the chief attention of those chemists who have examined it has been directed to obtain it in a state of purity; which however has not been accomplished... Nickel has been thought to be a modification of iron... So long as no one is able to produce this metal from pure iron or copper, and to explain in an intelligible way the process by which it can be generated, we must continue to regard it as a peculiar substance, possessing distinct properties. The general opinions of chemists concur in admitting the force of this reasoning.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Enghag |first1=Per |title=Encyclopedia of the Elements: Technical Data - History - Processing - Applications |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fUmTX8yKU4gC&pg=PA690&lpg=PA690&dq=%22in+1775%22+%22Torbern+Bergman%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=JLRKqOXil_&sig=3y9YUcQqQTFey3nw0M9O9wtspiU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNqdOBmofdAhWEjpAKHbHhAZEQ6AEwBHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201775%22%20%22Torbern%20Bergman%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref>
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| 1820 || Application || British chemist and natural philosopher {{w|Michael Faraday}} carries out several experiments in making nickel-containing steels, but fails to interest the steelmakers.<ref name="Metal Story: Nickel (Ni)">{{cite web |title=Metal Story: Nickel (Ni) |url=https://oristarcorp.com/en/metal-story-nickel-ni/ |website=oristarcorp.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
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| 1837 || || G. Bird describes electrodeposition of nickel chloride or sulphate on platinum. This process results in a thin crust of nickel on the platinum substrate.<ref name="The History of Nickel Plating">{{cite web |title=The History of Nickel Plating |url=https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/metals-metal-products/nickel-plating-history |website=thomasnet.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dennis |first1=J. K. |last2=Such |first2=T. E. |title=Nickel and Chromium Plating |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Kgz-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22in+1837%22+G.+Bird+describes+electrodeposition+of+nickel&source=bl&ots=CbIvpdmIcM&sig=f8cNgZRgB3EpUPLjlOQn8Ho4atE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv7o6wtojdAhVBlJAKHSkOCd0Q6AEwAHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201837%22%20G.%20Bird%20describes%20electrodeposition%20of%20nickel&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=J |last2=Gabe |first2=D.R. |title=The chemistry of nickel electroplating solutions |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/0020296712Z.00000000079?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=ytim20}}</ref> ||  
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| 1837 || Application || G. Bird describes electrodeposition of nickel chloride or sulphate on platinum. This process results in a thin crust of nickel on the platinum substrate.<ref name="The History of Nickel Plating">{{cite web |title=The History of Nickel Plating |url=https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/metals-metal-products/nickel-plating-history |website=thomasnet.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dennis |first1=J. K. |last2=Such |first2=T. E. |title=Nickel and Chromium Plating |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Kgz-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22in+1837%22+G.+Bird+describes+electrodeposition+of+nickel&source=bl&ots=CbIvpdmIcM&sig=f8cNgZRgB3EpUPLjlOQn8Ho4atE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv7o6wtojdAhVBlJAKHSkOCd0Q6AEwAHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201837%22%20G.%20Bird%20describes%20electrodeposition%20of%20nickel&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=J |last2=Gabe |first2=D.R. |title=The chemistry of nickel electroplating solutions |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/0020296712Z.00000000079?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=ytim20}}</ref> ||  
 
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| 1844 || || Demand of nickel-silver is stimulated in {{w|England}} by the development of silver electroplating, for which it is found to be the most desirable base. The use of pure nickel as a corrosion-resistant electroplated coating would develop a little later.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1840 || Application || Joseph Shore applies for a patent for nickel plating.<ref name="Nickel Plating Primer">{{cite web |title=Nickel Plating Primer |url=https://www.pfonline.com/articles/nickel-plating-primer |website=pfonline.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1860 || || An alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper, essentially white in color, is adopted for coinage in Belgium.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|Belgium}}
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| 1842 || Application || Böttger in {{w|Frankfurt}} succeeds in depositing nickel from a solution of nickel ammonium sulfate.<ref name="Nickel Plating Primer"/> || {{w|Germany}}
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| 1844 || Production || Demand of nickel-silver is stimulated in {{w|England}} by the development of silver electroplating, for which it is found to be the most desirable base. The use of pure nickel as a corrosion-resistant electroplated coating would develop a little later.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1860 || Application || An alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper, essentially white in color, is adopted for coinage in Belgium.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|Belgium}}
 
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| 1865 || Application || An alloy copper-nickel is adopted for coinage in the United States.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|United States}}
 
| 1865 || Application || An alloy copper-nickel is adopted for coinage in the United States.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|United States}}
 
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| 1869 || Application || Dr I. Adams in the United States patents a nickel ammonium sulphate bath.<ref name="The History of Nickel Plating"/> || {{w|United States}}  
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| 1865 || Reserve || Big deposits of nickel ores are discovered in New Caledonia.<ref name="Metal Story: Nickel (Ni)"/> || {{w|New Caledonia}}
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| 1868 || Application || W.H. Remington from {{w|Boston}} commences the deposition of nickel on a commercial scale using a nickel ammonium chloride solution.<ref name="Nickel Plating Primer"/><ref name="Nickel and Chromium Plating">{{cite book |last1=Dennis |first1=J. K. |last2=Such |first2=T. E. |title=Nickel and Chromium Plating |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Kgz-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22in+1869%22+nickel+ammonium&source=bl&ots=CbIvpdnBkN&sig=WtrAcyf6tOn95gWttA-eIkmrCFQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-qvrlt4jdAhUBkJAKHYPlBSEQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201869%22%20nickel%20ammonium&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1869 || Application || Dr I. Adams in the United States patents a nickel ammonium sulphate bath.<ref>{{cite book |title=Popular Science Aug 1884 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=mCwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA569&lpg=PA569&dq=%22in+1869%22+nickel+ammonium&source=bl&ots=F1fZnOBJtd&sig=PkJptToigT_QxxIVI558UnhZyzE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-qvrlt4jdAhUBkJAKHYPlBSEQ6AEwBHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201869%22%20nickel%20ammonium&f=false}}</ref><ref name="The History of Nickel Plating"/><ref name="Nickel Plating Primer"/><ref name="Nickel and Chromium Plating"/><ref name="A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Week 31 |url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/this-week-in-chemical-history/week-31.html |website=acs.org |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1877 || Production || Production of nickel starts in {{w|New Caledonia}} in the South Pacific.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Nickel - Mining and metallurgy |url=https://www.croixdusud.info/econom_eng/niexploit_eng.php |website=croixdusud.info |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|New Caledonia}}
 
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| 1877 || || Production of nickel starts in {{w|New Caledonia}} in the South Pacific.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Nickel - Mining and metallurgy |url=https://www.croixdusud.info/econom_eng/niexploit_eng.php |website=croixdusud.info |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|New Caledonia}}
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| 1878 || Application || Weston obtains a patent for the addition of boric acid to nickel plating solutions.<ref name="Nickel Plating Primer"/> ||
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| 1880 || Application || Nickel plating salts are being made in {{w|Vienna}} by Pfanhauser and in {{w|Birmingham}} by {{w|Canning}}.<ref name="Nickel and Chromium Plating"/> || {{w|Austria}}, {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
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| 1881 || Application || Coins of nearly pure nickel are first used in Switzerland.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/><ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}
 
| 1881 || Application || Coins of nearly pure nickel are first used in Switzerland.<ref name="Nickel: discovery and industry development"/><ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}
 
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| 1889 || || British engineer James Riley makes a presentation to the Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain on how the introduction of nickel could strenghten traditional steels. Riley's presentation results in a growing awareness of nickel's beneficial alloying properties and coincides with the discovery of large nickel deposits in New Caledonia and Canada.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sparrow |first1=Giles |title=Nickel |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=lgIp8ZTaYXAC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=%22in+1889%22+%22James+Riley%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=BN4FVz5cDn&sig=eCxGs1yEYTp6-DiPcXqgrYfpcuM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnuXMjYfdAhUGHJAKHe2GBxwQ6AEwC3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201889%22%20%22James%20Riley%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Metallurgy: 1863-1963">{{cite book |last1=Dennis |first1=W.H. |title=Metallurgy: 1863-1963 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=gSEuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT151&lpg=PT151&dq=%22in+1889%22+%22James+Riley%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=TSTCIK6t7G&sig=_GZsCPW19ZUz39Z6lD8N7Hl2UOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnuXMjYfdAhUGHJAKHe2GBxwQ6AEwDHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201889%22%20%22James%20Riley%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1889 || Application || British engineer James Riley makes a presentation to the Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain on how the introduction of nickel could strenghten traditional steels. Riley's presentation results in a growing awareness of nickel's beneficial alloying properties and coincides with the discovery of large nickel deposits in New Caledonia and Canada.<ref name="Metal Profile: Nickel"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sparrow |first1=Giles |title=Nickel |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=lgIp8ZTaYXAC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=%22in+1889%22+%22James+Riley%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=BN4FVz5cDn&sig=eCxGs1yEYTp6-DiPcXqgrYfpcuM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnuXMjYfdAhUGHJAKHe2GBxwQ6AEwC3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201889%22%20%22James%20Riley%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Metallurgy: 1863-1963">{{cite book |last1=Dennis |first1=W.H. |title=Metallurgy: 1863-1963 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=gSEuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT151&lpg=PT151&dq=%22in+1889%22+%22James+Riley%22+%22nickel%22&source=bl&ots=TSTCIK6t7G&sig=_GZsCPW19ZUz39Z6lD8N7Hl2UOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnuXMjYfdAhUGHJAKHe2GBxwQ6AEwDHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201889%22%20%22James%20Riley%22%20%22nickel%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
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| 1890 || || {{w|Nickel tetracarbonyl}} Ni(CO)<sub>4</sub>, is discovered. This compound, in which nickel exhibits a zero oxidation state, is used primarily as a carrier of carbon monoxide in the synthesis of acrylates (compounds used in the manufacture of plastics) from acetylene and alcohols. Nickel carbonyl is the first of a class of compounds called metal carbonyls to be discovered.<ref name="Nickel britannica">{{cite web |title=Nickel |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/nickel-chemical-element |website=britannica.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> ||
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| 1890 || Scientific development || {{w|Nickel tetracarbonyl}} Ni(CO)<sub>4</sub>, is discovered. This compound, in which nickel exhibits a zero oxidation state, is used primarily as a carrier of carbon monoxide in the synthesis of acrylates (compounds used in the manufacture of plastics) from acetylene and alcohols. Nickel carbonyl is the first of a class of compounds called metal carbonyls to be discovered.<ref name="Nickel britannica">{{cite web |title=Nickel |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/nickel-chemical-element |website=britannica.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1890 || || A paper entitled ''Action of Carbon Monoxide on Nickel'', by Ludwig Mond, Carl Langer and Friedrich Qpincke ,describes the formation of a gaseous compound of nickel and carbon monoxide by the reaction of the latter with finely divided nickel.<ref name="Metallurgy: 1863-1963"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}  
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| 1890 || Scientific development || A paper entitled ''Action of Carbon Monoxide on Nickel'', by Ludwig Mond, Carl Langer and Friedrich Qpincke, describes the formation of a gaseous compound of nickel and carbon monoxide by the reaction of the latter with finely divided nickel.<ref name="Metallurgy: 1863-1963"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}  
 
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| 1898 || || Invar, an alloy containing 36% nickel, is discovered. With the balance iron, invar is notable for its extremely small thermal expansion. Along with later-developed nickel alloys, invar would have many applications ranging from thermostats to balance wheels for watches, metal-to-glass seals essential to electric lights, and radio tubes.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Instruments & Control Systems, Volume 13 |publisher=Chilton Company, 1940 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Eg8nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22in+1898%22+%22Invar%22+%22nickel%22&dq=%22in+1898%22+%22Invar%22+%22nickel%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-msKblIfdAhWTnJAKHZhkC944ChDoAQgnMAA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Invar |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/Invar |website=britannica.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Invar |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/Invar |website=britannica.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> ||
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| 1898 || Application || Invar, an alloy containing 36% nickel, is discovered. With the balance iron, invar is notable for its extremely small thermal expansion. Along with later-developed nickel alloys, invar would have many applications ranging from thermostats to balance wheels for watches, metal-to-glass seals essential to electric lights, and radio tubes.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Instruments & Control Systems, Volume 13 |publisher=Chilton Company, 1940 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Eg8nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22in+1898%22+%22Invar%22+%22nickel%22&dq=%22in+1898%22+%22Invar%22+%22nickel%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-msKblIfdAhWTnJAKHZhkC944ChDoAQgnMAA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Invar |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/Invar |website=britannica.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1899 || || W. Browne, of the Canadian Copper Co., develops an electrolytic process for the separation of nickel and copper.<ref name="Metallurgy: 1863-1963"/> || {{w|Canada}}
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| 1899 || Technology || W. Browne, of the Canadian Copper Co., develops an electrolytic process for the separation of nickel and copper.<ref name="Metallurgy: 1863-1963"/> || {{w|Canada}}
 
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| 1901 || || Thomas Edison is awarded a patent por nickel-zinc (NiZn) chemistry. However, Edison would never be able to commercialize NiZn products. NiZn electrochemistry is found to have great potential because of its high energy density, high efficiency rating and temperature tolerance advantages compared to other battery chemistries.<ref name="Nickel-Zinc history zincfive"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1899 || Technology || German-born British chemist {{w|Ludwig Mond}} develops the now called Mond Process, for extraction and purification of nickel.<ref name="NICKEL MINING AND PROCESSING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW">{{cite web |title=NICKEL MINING AND PROCESSING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW |url=https://www.generalkinematics.com/blog/nickel-mining-processing-everything-need-know/ |website=generalkinematics.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
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| 1905 || || The Copper Cliff-Sudbury, Ontario region in Canada becomes the world's largest source of nickel.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com">{{cite web |title=Nickel processing |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/nickel-processing |website=britannica.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|Canada}}
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| 1901 || Technology || Thomas Edison is awarded a patent por nickel-zinc (NiZn) chemistry. However, Edison would never be able to commercialize NiZn products. NiZn electrochemistry is found to have great potential because of its high energy density, high efficiency rating and temperature tolerance advantages compared to other battery chemistries.<ref name="Nickel-Zinc history zincfive"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1905 || Reserve || The Copper Cliff-Sudbury, Ontario region in Canada becomes the world's largest source of nickel.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com">{{cite web |title=Nickel processing |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/nickel-processing |website=britannica.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|Canada}}
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| 1915 || Scientific development || An investigation by H.T. Kalmus and coworkers dealing with cobalt as well as nickel is summarized in the publication ''Transactions of the Electrochemical Society''. This work leads the authors to the opinion that nickel could not be plated under commercial conditions at current densities as high as those possible for cobalt.<ref name="A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating"/> ||
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| 1916 || Application || O.P. Watts develops a rapid nickel plating bath.<ref name="Nickel Plating Primer"/> ||
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| 1918 || Production || The refining of nickel to the finished metal product begins in Canada with the building of Inco's refinery at Port Colborne, Ontario, using hydroelectric power from {{w|Niagara Falls}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nickel |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/earth-sciences-museum/resources/detailed-rocks-and-minerals-articles/nickel |website=uwaterloo.ca |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|Canada}}
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| 1921 || Technology || The use of {{w|pH}} measurements for controlling nickel baths is first suggested. By the end of the decade, it would become a common industrial practice.<ref name="Nickel and Chromium Plating"/> ||
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| 1924 || Application || Nickel is used to plate automobile bumpers.<ref name="A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating">{{cite web |title=A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating |url=https://www.pfonline.com/articles/a-retrospective-view-of-nickel-plating |website=pfonline.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1930 – 1935 || Application || Nickel-containing permanent-magnet alloys are developed in Japan.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|Japan}}
 
| 1930 – 1935 || Application || Nickel-containing permanent-magnet alloys are developed in Japan.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|Japan}}
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| 1942 || Technology || W.A. Wesley and E.J. Roehl describe a bath of nickel sulfate, ammonium chloride and boric acid that could be operated at high pH to produce deposits with hardness in the range of 350-500 Vickers and tensile strength around 150,000 psi.<ref name="A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating"/> ||
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| 1945 – 1955 || Application || Research by the International Nickel Company, Inc. (Inco) demonstrates the efficacy of multilayer coatings in enhancing corrosion protection of plated nickel.<ref name="A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating"/> ||
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| 1959 || Technology || George Gutzeit, one of the inventors of the Kanigen process, presents a comprehensive discussion of the chemistry of the catalytic nickel process.<ref name="A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Highlights of Electroless Plating |url=https://www.pfonline.com/articles/historical-highlights-of-electroless-plating |website=pfonline.com |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1970 – 1975 || Application || The nickel-hydrogen battery is proposed as the leading candidate for rechargeable aerospace batteries.<ref name="A History of Nickel Hydrogen Batteries">{{cite web |title=A History of Nickel Hydrogen Batteries |url=https://www.electrochem.org/dl/ma/201/pdfs/0252.pdf |website=electrochem.org |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> ||
 
| 1970 – 1975 || Application || The nickel-hydrogen battery is proposed as the leading candidate for rechargeable aerospace batteries.<ref name="A History of Nickel Hydrogen Batteries">{{cite web |title=A History of Nickel Hydrogen Batteries |url=https://www.electrochem.org/dl/ma/201/pdfs/0252.pdf |website=electrochem.org |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> ||
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| c.1979 || Production || Nickel production in {{w|Soviet Russia}} surpasses that in Canada.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|Russia}}
 
| c.1979 || Production || Nickel production in {{w|Soviet Russia}} surpasses that in Canada.<ref name="Nickel processing britannica.com"/> || {{w|Russia}}
 
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| 1993 || || {{w|Stanford University}} chemist Morris Eisenberg creates a new electrolyte that enables a significant increase in the NiZn battery cycle life.<ref name="Nickel-Zinc history zincfive">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.zincfive.com/nickelzinc-history/ |website=zincfive.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1980 || Application || Falconbridge Nickel Co. and Inco introduce round forms of pure electrolytic nickel for plating.<ref name="A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating"/> ||
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| 1993 || Technology || {{w|Stanford University}} chemist Morris Eisenberg creates a new electrolyte that enables a significant increase in the NiZn battery cycle life.<ref name="Nickel-Zinc history zincfive">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.zincfive.com/nickelzinc-history/ |website=zincfive.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
 
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| 1998 (December) || Financial || Nickel trades at a record low of 3730.50.<ref name="Nickel reaches an all time high of 54050">{{cite web |title=Nickel |url=https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/nickel |website=tradingeconomics.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> ||  
 
| 1998 (December) || Financial || Nickel trades at a record low of 3730.50.<ref name="Nickel reaches an all time high of 54050">{{cite web |title=Nickel |url=https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/nickel |website=tradingeconomics.com |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> ||  
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=== Google Scholar ===
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The table below summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of May 17, 2021.
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{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! nickel
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! nickel research
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! nickel properties
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! nickel applications
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! nickel technology
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| 1980 || 22,100 || 10,100 || 9,640 || 4,610 || 7,010
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| 1985 || 23,600 || 11,700 || 10,300 || 5,070 || 6,840
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| 1990 || 30,300 || 15,400 || 13,800 || 7,490 || 9,370
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| 1995 || 45,300 || 22,500 || 18,300 || 11,300 || 13,900
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| 2000 || 83,700 || 39,600 || 28,800 || 16,400 || 19,900
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| 2002 || 96,800 || 49,400 || 33,600 || 18,900 || 22,900
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| 2004 || 120,000 || 63,600 || 44,600 || 25,300 || 32,000
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| 2006 || 141,000 || 80,500 || 55,600 || 33,300 || 40,700
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| 2008 || 151,000 || 92,600 || 66,100 || 40,900 || 48,100
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| 2010 || 159,000 || 115,000 || 77,700 || 52,700 || 58,900
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| 2012 || 199,000 || 143,000 || 102,000 || 71,800 || 79,200 
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| 2014 || 194,000 || 145,000 || 109,000 || 87,200 || 87,000
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| 2016 || 195,000 || 145,000 || 113,000 || 91,100 || 89,600
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| 2017 || 178,000 || 134,000 || 113,000 || 92,000 || 93,800
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| 2018 || 140,000 || 121,000 || 97,700 || 86,800 || 84,700
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| 2019 || 109,000 || 85,800 || 78,600 || 71,800 || 72,100
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| 2020 || 67,900 || 52,800 || 59,600 || 48,800 || 44,800
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|}
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[[File:Nickel tb.png|thumb|center|700px]]
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=== Google Trends ===
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The comparative chart below shows {{w|Google Trends}} data for Nickel (Chemical element), Stainless steel (Search Term) and Chrome plating (Topic), from January 2004 to March 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nickel, Stainless steel and Chrome plating |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F025s4r7,Stainless%20steel,%2Fm%2F02kqgg |website=Google Trends |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>
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[[File:Nickel, Stainless steel and chrome plating gt.png|thumb|center|600px]]
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=== Google Ngram Viewer ===
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The chart below shows {{w|Google Ngram Viewer}} data for Nickel, from 1500 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nickel |url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Nickel&year_start=1500&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true |website=books.google.com |access-date=22 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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[[File:Nickel ngram.png|thumb|center|700px]]
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=== Wikipedia Views ===
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The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article {{w|Nickel}}, on desktop from December 2007, and on mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2015; to February 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nickel |url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=Nickel&allmonths=allmonths&language=en&drilldown=all |website=wikipediaviews.org |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 21 March 2024

This is a timeline of nickel. One of the most widely used metals on the planet, nickel is used in over 300,000 different products. It is most often found in steels and metal alloys. It is also used in the production of batteries and permanent magnets.[1]

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Big picture

Time period Development summary
Ancient history Nickel is already used industrially as an alloying metal almost 2,000 years before it is isolated and recognized as a new element.[2] Its production sees an early development in China.
15th century German miners, who believe they can extract copper from nickel ores in Saxony, refer to the metal as kupfernickel ("the devil's copper"), partly due to their futile attempts to extract copper from the ore, but also likely in part due to the health effects caused by the high arsenic content in the ore.[1]
18th century Nickel is discovered in Sweden in this century, by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt.
19th century Nickel's use in plating and alloys with copper and zinc begins.[3] Since the mid-century, nickel is the component of coins in the United States, India, Switzerland, and Canada.<?>
20th century Early in the century, the discovery of large scale deposits in Russia and South Africa makes large-scale production of nickel possible. A significant increase in demand of the metal results from World War I and World War II.[1] Along with development in society, the nickel industry develops rapidly since 1974, and the metal plays an important role in the stainless steel industry, battery industry and certain other industries. Nickel consumption increases greatly between 1974 and 2011.[4]
21st century More than 1.4 million tons of primary or new nickel is produced worldwide.[5] As of 2010, the largest producers of nickel are Russia, Canada, Australia, and Indonesia. The largest producers of refined nickel are Norilsk Nickel, Vale S.A., and Jinchuan Group Ltd. Only a small percentage of nickel is produced from recycled materials,[1] however, nickel recycling industry is developing fast.[4] Nickel is now recognized as one of the most valuable mined materials, making nickel mining an important industry.[5]


Full timeline

Year Event type Details Country/region
3500 BC Application Syrian bronzes contain a small amount of nickel.[4] Syria
1700 BC – 1400 BC Application Chinese manuscripts suggest use of white copper (cupronickel).[4] China
1500 BC Application Chinese documents from that time make reference to "white copper" (baitong), whis is very likely an alloy of nickel and silver.[1] China
235 BC Application Coins in China are made of nickel.[4][5][6][7] China
200 BC Application The Chinese make substantial amounts of a white alloy from zinc and copper-nickel ore found in Yunnan province. The alloy, known as pai-t'ung, is exported to the Middle East and even to Europe.[2] China
1751 Scientific development Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt first extracts pure nickel from the mineral niccolite (NiAs).[1][3][7] Expecting to extract copper from this mineral, Cronsted obtains instead a white metal that he ends up calling nickel after the mineral from which it was extracted.[8] Sweden
1775 Scientific development Swedish mineralogist Torbern Bergman first fully purifies nickel.[9][10][11]
1776 Application It is established that the Chinese alloy pai-t'ung, now called nickel-silver, is composed of copper, nickel, and zinc.[2]
1796 Scientific development English chemist William Nicholson publishes First Principles of Chemistry. About nickel, Nicholson writes: 
  This metallic substance has not been applied to any use; and the chief attention of those chemists who have examined it has been directed to obtain it in a state of purity; which however has not been accomplished... Nickel has been thought to be a modification of iron... So long as no one is able to produce this metal from pure iron or copper, and to explain in an intelligible way the process by which it can be generated, we must continue to regard it as a peculiar substance, possessing distinct properties. The general opinions of chemists concur in admitting the force of this reasoning.[12]
United Kingdom
1820 Application British chemist and natural philosopher Michael Faraday carries out several experiments in making nickel-containing steels, but fails to interest the steelmakers.[7] United Kingdom
1837 Application G. Bird describes electrodeposition of nickel chloride or sulphate on platinum. This process results in a thin crust of nickel on the platinum substrate.[13][14][15]
1840 Application Joseph Shore applies for a patent for nickel plating.[16]
1842 Application Böttger in Frankfurt succeeds in depositing nickel from a solution of nickel ammonium sulfate.[16] Germany
1844 Production Demand of nickel-silver is stimulated in England by the development of silver electroplating, for which it is found to be the most desirable base. The use of pure nickel as a corrosion-resistant electroplated coating would develop a little later.[2] United Kingdom
1860 Application An alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper, essentially white in color, is adopted for coinage in Belgium.[2] Belgium
1865 Application An alloy copper-nickel is adopted for coinage in the United States.[2] United States
1865 Reserve Big deposits of nickel ores are discovered in New Caledonia.[7] New Caledonia
1868 Application W.H. Remington from Boston commences the deposition of nickel on a commercial scale using a nickel ammonium chloride solution.[16][17] United States
1869 Application Dr I. Adams in the United States patents a nickel ammonium sulphate bath.[18][13][16][17][19][20] United States
1877 Production Production of nickel starts in New Caledonia in the South Pacific.[2][21] New Caledonia
1878 Application Weston obtains a patent for the addition of boric acid to nickel plating solutions.[16]
1880 Application Nickel plating salts are being made in Vienna by Pfanhauser and in Birmingham by Canning.[17] Austria, United Kingdom
1881 Application Coins of nearly pure nickel are first used in Switzerland.[4][2] Switzerland
1889 Application British engineer James Riley makes a presentation to the Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain on how the introduction of nickel could strenghten traditional steels. Riley's presentation results in a growing awareness of nickel's beneficial alloying properties and coincides with the discovery of large nickel deposits in New Caledonia and Canada.[1][22][23] United Kingdom
1890 Scientific development Nickel tetracarbonyl Ni(CO)4, is discovered. This compound, in which nickel exhibits a zero oxidation state, is used primarily as a carrier of carbon monoxide in the synthesis of acrylates (compounds used in the manufacture of plastics) from acetylene and alcohols. Nickel carbonyl is the first of a class of compounds called metal carbonyls to be discovered.[24]
1890 Scientific development A paper entitled Action of Carbon Monoxide on Nickel, by Ludwig Mond, Carl Langer and Friedrich Qpincke, describes the formation of a gaseous compound of nickel and carbon monoxide by the reaction of the latter with finely divided nickel.[23] United Kingdom
1898 Application Invar, an alloy containing 36% nickel, is discovered. With the balance iron, invar is notable for its extremely small thermal expansion. Along with later-developed nickel alloys, invar would have many applications ranging from thermostats to balance wheels for watches, metal-to-glass seals essential to electric lights, and radio tubes.[2][25][26]
1899 Technology W. Browne, of the Canadian Copper Co., develops an electrolytic process for the separation of nickel and copper.[23] Canada
1899 Technology German-born British chemist Ludwig Mond develops the now called Mond Process, for extraction and purification of nickel.[5] United Kingdom
1901 Technology Thomas Edison is awarded a patent por nickel-zinc (NiZn) chemistry. However, Edison would never be able to commercialize NiZn products. NiZn electrochemistry is found to have great potential because of its high energy density, high efficiency rating and temperature tolerance advantages compared to other battery chemistries.[27] United States
1905 Reserve The Copper Cliff-Sudbury, Ontario region in Canada becomes the world's largest source of nickel.[2] Canada
1915 Scientific development An investigation by H.T. Kalmus and coworkers dealing with cobalt as well as nickel is summarized in the publication Transactions of the Electrochemical Society. This work leads the authors to the opinion that nickel could not be plated under commercial conditions at current densities as high as those possible for cobalt.[19]
1916 Application O.P. Watts develops a rapid nickel plating bath.[16]
1918 Production The refining of nickel to the finished metal product begins in Canada with the building of Inco's refinery at Port Colborne, Ontario, using hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls.[28] Canada
1921 Technology The use of pH measurements for controlling nickel baths is first suggested. By the end of the decade, it would become a common industrial practice.[17]
1924 Application Nickel is used to plate automobile bumpers.[19]
1930 – 1935 Application Nickel-containing permanent-magnet alloys are developed in Japan.[2] Japan
1942 Technology W.A. Wesley and E.J. Roehl describe a bath of nickel sulfate, ammonium chloride and boric acid that could be operated at high pH to produce deposits with hardness in the range of 350-500 Vickers and tensile strength around 150,000 psi.[19]
1945 – 1955 Application Research by the International Nickel Company, Inc. (Inco) demonstrates the efficacy of multilayer coatings in enhancing corrosion protection of plated nickel.[19]
1959 Technology George Gutzeit, one of the inventors of the Kanigen process, presents a comprehensive discussion of the chemistry of the catalytic nickel process.[19][29]
1970 – 1975 Application The nickel-hydrogen battery is proposed as the leading candidate for rechargeable aerospace batteries.[30]
c.1979 Production Nickel production in Soviet Russia surpasses that in Canada.[2] Russia
1980 Application Falconbridge Nickel Co. and Inco introduce round forms of pure electrolytic nickel for plating.[19]
1993 Technology Stanford University chemist Morris Eisenberg creates a new electrolyte that enables a significant increase in the NiZn battery cycle life.[27] United States
1998 (December) Financial Nickel trades at a record low of 3730.50.[31]
2007 (May) Financial Nickel trades at an all time high of 54050.[31]
2010 Production As of date, the largest producers of nickel are Russia, Canada, Australia, and Indonesia.[1]

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Google Scholar

The table below summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of May 17, 2021.

Year nickel nickel research nickel properties nickel applications nickel technology
1980 22,100 10,100 9,640 4,610 7,010
1985 23,600 11,700 10,300 5,070 6,840
1990 30,300 15,400 13,800 7,490 9,370
1995 45,300 22,500 18,300 11,300 13,900
2000 83,700 39,600 28,800 16,400 19,900
2002 96,800 49,400 33,600 18,900 22,900
2004 120,000 63,600 44,600 25,300 32,000
2006 141,000 80,500 55,600 33,300 40,700
2008 151,000 92,600 66,100 40,900 48,100
2010 159,000 115,000 77,700 52,700 58,900
2012 199,000 143,000 102,000 71,800 79,200
2014 194,000 145,000 109,000 87,200 87,000
2016 195,000 145,000 113,000 91,100 89,600
2017 178,000 134,000 113,000 92,000 93,800
2018 140,000 121,000 97,700 86,800 84,700
2019 109,000 85,800 78,600 71,800 72,100
2020 67,900 52,800 59,600 48,800 44,800
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Google Trends

The comparative chart below shows Google Trends data for Nickel (Chemical element), Stainless steel (Search Term) and Chrome plating (Topic), from January 2004 to March 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.[32]

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Google Ngram Viewer

The chart below shows Google Ngram Viewer data for Nickel, from 1500 to 2019.[33]

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Wikipedia Views

The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article Nickel, on desktop from December 2007, and on mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2015; to February 2021.[34]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Metal Profile: Nickel". thebalance.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 "Nickel processing". britannica.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "THE HISTORY OF NICKEL". twin-metals.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Nickel: discovery and industry development". metalpedia.asianmetal.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "NICKEL MINING AND PROCESSING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW". generalkinematics.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  6. ↑ "Ni - Nickel". eperiodictable.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
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  8. ↑ "Nickel: historical information". webelements.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019. 
  9. ↑ Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, Egon; Wiberg, Nils. Inorganic Chemistry. 
  10. ↑ "What in the Word?! The bedeviling origins of 'nickel'". blog.oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  11. ↑ Morris, Richard. The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table. 
  12. ↑ Enghag, Per. Encyclopedia of the Elements: Technical Data - History - Processing - Applications. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "The History of Nickel Plating". thomasnet.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  14. ↑ Dennis, J. K.; Such, T. E. Nickel and Chromium Plating. 
  15. ↑ Wang, J; Gabe, D.R. "The chemistry of nickel electroplating solutions". 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 "Nickel Plating Primer". pfonline.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Dennis, J. K.; Such, T. E. Nickel and Chromium Plating. 
  18. ↑ Popular Science Aug 1884. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 "A Retrospective View of Nickel Plating". pfonline.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  20. ↑ "Week 31". acs.org. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  21. ↑ "Nickel - Mining and metallurgy". croixdusud.info. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  22. ↑ Sparrow, Giles. Nickel. 
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Dennis, W.H. Metallurgy: 1863-1963. 
  24. ↑ "Nickel". britannica.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  25. ↑ Instruments & Control Systems, Volume 13. Chilton Company, 1940. 
  26. ↑ "Invar". britannica.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "History". zincfive.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  28. ↑ "Nickel". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  29. ↑ "Historical Highlights of Electroless Plating". pfonline.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018. 
  30. ↑ "A History of Nickel Hydrogen Batteries" (PDF). electrochem.org. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Nickel". tradingeconomics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018. 
  32. ↑ "Nickel, Stainless steel and Chrome plating". Google Trends. Retrieved 22 March 2021. 
  33. ↑ "Nickel". books.google.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021. 
  34. ↑ "Nickel". wikipediaviews.org. Retrieved 22 March 2021. 
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