Nickel

An Historical Review

F.B. Howard - White

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Routledge
31 January 2024

History: specific events & topics; Inorganic chemistry

Series: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1963, Nickel presents a readable account of Nickel’s development from early times to the present day. Weapons and implements containing a small proportion of nickel have been found on the 3500-year-old sites of Ur and Kish in Sumeria; while in 1962 the first United States manned space capsule to orbit the earth made use of nickel alloys to withstand the effects of exposure to elevated temperature, dynamic and acoustical stress, and fatigue.

Nickel was identified as an element in the 18th century and the steps leading up to this are vividly described. New information on the origin of Kupfer Nickel, regarded with such disdain by early Saxon miners, is revealed as a result of a visit made by the author to the Freiburg Bergakademie in Eastern Germany. Nickeliferous occurrences in Europe, the South Pacific and North America are described; charts and flowsheets illustrate progress in production and methods of extracting this matter from its complex compounds. There are incidental portraits of the men who built up the industry. A survey of the applications of nickel today includes references to nickel silver, electroplating, the steel field, and it’s hundred and one uses in industry, architecture and the home. This account of the development of nickel, combining scientific and economic fact with the quirks of human history makes informative and imaginative reading.

By: F.B. Howard - White
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 866g
ISBN: 9781032638744
ISBN 10: 1032638745
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 31 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Author’s Preface 1. In the Heart of the Earth 2. Civilization Dawns 3. ‘The thing that fell from the Sky’ 4. ‘I have called it Nickel’ 5. ‘On Absolutely Pure Nickel’ 6. ‘It looks exactly like Silver’ 7. ‘Nickel is very much sought after’ 8. ‘Men not easily Baffled’ 9. Here was a Material Second to None 10. Nickel Plate denotes Quality 11. Foundations of an Industry 12. An Unparalleled Demand 13. The Bottom falls out of the Nickel Market 14. The Metallurgist comes into his own 15. A Time for Expansion 16. New Growth of the Nickel Industry 17. Nickel in Coinage 18. The Continuing Search 19. Mach I And Beyond Notes and Bibliography Appendices Index

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Nickel

An Historical Review

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