Nickel Tubes
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What is Nickel?
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs to the transition metals and is hard and ductile. Pure nickel shows a significant chemical activity that can be observed when nickel is powdered to maximize the exposed surface area on which reactions can occur, but larger pieces of the metal are slow to react with air at ambient conditions due to the formation of a protective oxide surface. Even then, nickel is reactive enough with oxygen that native nickel is rarely found on Earth's surface, being mostly confined to the interiors of larger nickel–iron meteorites that were protected from oxidation during their time in space. On Earth, such native nickel is found in combination with iron, a reflection of those elements' origin as major end products of supernova nucleosynthesis. An iron–nickel mixture is thought to compose Earth's inner core.
The use of nickel (as a natural meteoric nickel–iron alloy) has been traced as far back as 3500 BCE. Nickel was first isolated and classified as a chemical element in 1751 by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, who initially mistook its ore for a copper mineral. The element's name comes from a mischievous sprite of German miner mythology, Nickel (similar to Old Nick), that personified the fact that copper-nickel ores resisted refinement into copper. An economically important source of nickel is the iron ore limonite, which often contains 1-2% nickel. Nickel's other important ore minerals include garnierite, and pentlandite. Major production sites include the Sudbury region in Canada (which is thought to be of meteoric origin), New Caledonia in the Pacific, and Norilsk in Russia.
Because of nickel's slow rate of oxidation at room temperature, it is considered corrosion-resistant. Historically, this has led to its use for plating metals such as iron and brass, coating chemistry equipment, and manufacturing certain alloys that retain a high silvery polish, such as German silver. About 6% of world nickel production is still used for corrosion-resistant pure-nickel plating. Nickel-plated items are noted for provoking nickel allergy. Nickel has been widely used in coins, though its rising price has led to some replacement with cheaper metals in recent years.
| Type | Seamless Pipe, Welded Pipe |
| Standards | ASTM B122, B171, B466, B467 |
| Grade | Copper Nickel Alloy UNS C70600, UNS C71500, Cupro Nickel (Cu-Ni) 90/10, Cupro Nickel (Cu-Ni) 70/30. |
| Range | ½”NB to 24”NB in Sch 10s, 40s, 80s, 160s, XXS. |
| Dimensions | ANSI/ASME B16.9, B16.28, MSS-SP-43. |
| Test Certificates | Manufacturer Test Certificate as per EN 10204 / 3.1B, Raw Materials Certificate, 100% Radiography Test Report, Third Party Inspection Report |
| Nominal Pipe Size | Outside diameter | Wall thickness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCH 5S | SCH 10S | SCH STD(40S) | SCH XS (80S) |
SCH 160S | SCH XXS | ||
| 1/8" | 10.29 | - | 1.24 | 1.73 | 2.41 | - | - |
| 1/4" | 13.72 | - | 1.65 | 2.24 | 3.02 | - | - |
| 3/8" | 17.15 | - | 1.65 | 2.31 | 3.20 | - | - |
| 1/2" | 21.34 | 1.65 | 2.11 | 2.77 | 3.73 | 4.75 | 7.47 |
| 3/4" | 26.67 | 1.65 | 2.11 | 2.87 | 3.91 | 5.54 | 7.82 |
| 1" | 33.40 | 1.65 | 2.77 | 3.38 | 4.55 | 6.35 | 9.09 |
| 1 1/4" | 42.16 | 1.65 | 2.77 | 3.56 | 4.85 | 6.35 | 9.70 |
| 1 1/2" | 48.26 | 1.65 | 2.77 | 3.68 | 5.08 | 7.14 | 10.16 |
| 2" | 60.33 | 1.65 | 2.77 | 3.91 | 5.54 | 8.71 | 11.07 |
| 2 1/2" | 73.03 | 2.11 | 3.05 | 5.16 | 7.01 | 9.53 | 14.02 |
| 3" | 88.90 | 2.11 | 3.05 | 5.49 | 7.62 | 11.13 | 15.24 |
| 3 1/2" | 101.60 | 2.11 | 3.05 | 5.74 | 8.08 | - | 16.15 |
| 4" | 114.30 | 2.11 | 3.05 | 6.02 | 8.56 | 13.49 | 17.12 |
| 5" | 141.30 | 2.77 | 3.40 | 6.55 | 9.53 | 15.88 | 19.05 |
| 6" | 168.28 | 2.77 | 3.40 | 7.11 | 10.97 | 18.24 | 21.95 |
| 8" | 219.08 | 2.77 | 3.76 | 8.18 | 12.70 | 23.01 | 22.23 |
| 10" | 273.05 | 3.40 | 4.19 | 9.27 | 12.70 | 28.58 | 25.40 |
| 12" | 323.85 | 3.96 | 4.57 | 9.53 | 12.70 | 33.32 | 25.40 |
| 14" | 355.6 | 3.96 | 4.78 | 9.53 | 12.70 | 35.71 | - |
| 16" | 406.4 | 4.19 | 4.78 | 9.53 | 12.70 | 40.46 | - |
| 18" | 457.2 | 4.19 | 4.78 | 9.53 | 12.70 | 45.24 | - |
| 20" | 508.0 | 4.78 | 5.54 | 9.53 | 12.70 | 49.99 | - |
| 22" | 558.8 | 4.78 | 5.54 | 9.53 | 12.70 | 53.97 | - |
| 24" | 609.6 | 5.54 | 6.35 | 9.53 | 12.70 | 59.51 | - |
The dimensions are in millimeters
Sources : ASME B36.19, ASME B36.10
Chemical Composition
Atomic number |
28 |
Atomic mass |
58.71 g.mol -1 |
Electronegativity according to Pauling |
1.8 |
Density |
8.9 g.cm-3 at 20°C |
Melting point |
1453 °C |
Boiling point |
2913 °C |
Vanderwaals radius |
0.124 nm |
Ionic radius |
0.069 nm (+2) ; 0.06 nm (+3) |
Isotopes |
10 |
Electronic shell |
[ Ar ] 3d8 4s2 |
Energy of first ionisation |
735 kJ.mol -1 |
Energy of second ionisation |
1753 kJ.mol -1 |
Energy of third ionisation |
3387 kJ.mol -1 |
Standard potential |
- 0.25 V |
Discovered by |
Alex Constedt 1751 |