where was nickel first discovered?

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where was nickel first discovered?

2007-01-29 08:10:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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2007-01-29 08:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by SAMUEL ELI 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

In Germany in the middle ages. Copper is kupfer. The reason it is called "nickel" in English and German is that it was called "kupfernickel," "The Devil's Copper," by the miners. Wherever nickel occurred with copper, it was "devilishly" difficult to separate from the copper. A popular name for the devil is "Old Nick."

2007-01-29 08:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋