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Also Known As Ni

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A periodic table element box for nickel displays atomic number 28, symbol Ni, atomic weight 58.6934, electron configuration, and the word nickel. Symbols show it is a solid, a transition metal, has a face-centered cubic crystal structure, and weakly basic oxides.
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