Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Nickel electrolytic and 1cm3 cube.jpg

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Original - Nickel, atomic number 28. One of the third (fourth) magnetic metals. Typical view of electrolytically refined nodules. Nickel is used in superalloys, stainless steel, coins and other important alloys.
Reason
a view of a typical (electrolytically refined) nickel nodule, incl. visible green nickel salts in the pores. (and Nergaals wish for more)
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Nickel
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Materials science
Creator
Alchemist-hp

Promoted File:Nickel_electrolytic_and_1cm3_cube.jpg Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 12:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]