nickel processing

Introduction
History
Ores
- Sulfides
- Laterites
Mining
Extraction and refining
- From sulfide ores
- From laterite ores
The metal and its alloys
- Nickel plating
- Copper-nickel
- Magnetic alloys
- Thermal-expansion alloys
- High-strength steels
- Heat-resistant alloys
- Stainless steels
Chemical compounds

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John Campbell Taylor

President, Jan H. Reimers and Associates Inc. (metallurgical consulting engineers), Oakville, Ontario. Editor of or contributor to numerous papers on extraction, smelting, by-product recovery,...

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nickel processing, preparation of the metal for use in various products. Although it is best known for its use in coinage, nickel (Ni) has become much more important for its many industrial applications, which owe their importance to a unique combination of properties. Nickel has a relatively high melting point of 1,453 °C (2,647 °F) and a face-centred cubic crystal structure, which gives the metal good ductility. Nickel alloys exhibit a high resistance to corrosion...

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