Who was nickel (the element) discovered by and when was it discovered?

Answer 1

History

The use of Nickel is ancient, and can be traced back as far as 3500 BC. Bronzes from what is now Syria had a nickel content of up to two percent. Further, there are Chinese manuscripts suggesting that "white copper" (e.g. baitung) was used in the Orient between 1400 and 1700 BC. However, because the ores of nickel were easily mistaken for ores of silver, any understanding of this metal and its use dates to more contemporary times.

Minerals containing nickel (e.g. kupfernickel, meaning copper of the devil ("Nick"), or false copper) were of value for colouring glass green. In 1751, Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt was attempting to extract copper from kupfernickel (now called niccolite), and obtained instead a white metal that he called nickel.

Answer 2

Since gold nuggets can be found in riverine deposits, my best guess is that a magpie or a similar collector of shiny objects would have been the most likely discoverer. As for the first humans to discover gold, it's hard to say what came first - **** sapiens or the first person to pick up a gold nugget and examine that strange, heavy, shiny, soft rock. Egypt and Sudan were among the first cultures to craft gold.

Answer 3

It's been known since the ancients. Nickel is very common.

Answer 4

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