Ọ bụ ihe kemịkalụ nwere akara kemịkalụ Ni na nọmba atọm 28. Ọ bụ ọla ọcha na-egbuke egbuke nke nwere ntakịrị ọlaedo na agba ọcha ọlaọcha ya. Nickel bụ ígwè mgbanwe, siri ike ma na-agagharị. Ọrụ kemịkalụ nke nickel dị ọcha dị oke elu, a pụkwara ịhụ ọrụ a n'ọnọdụ ntụ ntụ ebe a na-eme ka mpaghara elu mmeghachi omume dịkwuo elu, mana nnukwu nickel metal na-emeghachi omume nwayọ nwayọ na ikuku gbara ya gburugburu n'ihi na akwa oxide nchebe etolitela n'elu. ihe. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, n'ihi oke ọrụ dị n'etiti nickel na oxygen, ọ ka siri ike ịchọta nickel ọla eke n'elu ụwa. Nickel eke n'elu ụwa dị n'ime nnukwu meteorites nickel-iron, n'ihi na meteorites enweghị ike ịnweta oxygen mgbe ha nọ n'eluigwe. N'ụwa, nickel eke a na-ejikọta mgbe niile na ígwè, na-egosipụta na ha bụ ngwaahịa kachasị nke supernova nucleosynthesis. A na-ekwenyekarị na isi ụwa bụ ngwakọta nickel-iron.
Ojiji nke nickel (ihe e ji ígwè na nickel mee) malitere n'afọ 3500 Tupu Kraịst. Axel Frederick Kronstedt bụ onye mbụ kewapụrụ nickel ma kọwaa ya dị ka ihe kemịkalụ na 1751, ọ bụ ezie na o buru ụzọ chee na nickel ore bụ mineral ọla kọpa. Aha mba ọzọ nke nickel sitere na goblin ọjọọ nke otu aha ahụ n'akụkọ ifo nke ndị na-egwupụta ihe n'ala German (Nickel, nke yiri aha otutu "Old Nick" maka ekwensu n'asụsụ Bekee). . Isi iyi kacha baa uru nke nickel bụ iron ore limonite, nke na-enwekarị 1-2% nickel. Ihe ndị ọzọ dị mkpa maka nickel gụnyere pentlandite na pentlandite. Ndị na-emepụta nickel bụ isi gụnyere mpaghara Soderbury na Canada (nke a na-ekwenyekarị na ọ bụ olulu mmiri meteorite), New Caledonia na Pacific Ocean, na Norilsk na Russia.
Ebe ọ bụ na nickel na-eme ka ọ dị nro nwayọ n'ọnọdụ okpomọkụ ụlọ, a na-ewere ya dị ka ihe na-eguzogide ire ere. N'ihi nke a, ejirila nickel mee ihe n'oge gara aga iji kpuchie ọtụtụ elu dị iche iche, dị ka ọla (dịka ígwè na ọla kọpa), ime ngwaọrụ kemịkalụ, na ụfọdụ alloys nke kwesịrị ịnọgide na-enwe agba ọlaọcha na-egbuke egbuke (dịka ọlaọcha nickel). Ihe dị ka 6% nke mmepụta nickel n'ụwa ka na-eji maka mkpuchi nickel dị ọcha nke na-eguzogide ire ere. Nickel bụbu ihe a na-ahụkarị na mkpụrụ ego, mana nke a ejirila ígwè dị ọnụ ala dochie ya, ọkachasị n'ihi na ụfọdụ ndị nwere nfụkasị akpụkpọ ahụ na nickel. N'agbanyeghị nke a, Britain malitere ịkpụ mkpụrụ ego na nickel ọzọ na 2012, n'ihi mkpesa nke ndị ọkachamara n'ihe gbasara akpụkpọ ahụ.
Nickel bụ otu n'ime ihe anọ dị ferromagnetic n'ọnọdụ okpomọkụ ụlọ. Magnetị alnico na-adịgide adịgide nke nwere nickel nwere ike magnet n'etiti magnet na-adịgide adịgide nke nwere ígwè na magnet ụwa dị ụkọ. Ọnọdụ Nickel n'ụwa nke oge a bụ n'ihi ọtụtụ alloys ya. Ihe dị ka 60% nke mmepụta nickel n'ụwa bụ iji mepụta ọtụtụ ígwè nickel (karịsịa ígwè anaghị agba nchara). Alloys ndị ọzọ a na-ahụkarị, yana ụfọdụ superalloys ọhụrụ, na-aza ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ojiji nickel ụwa niile fọdụrụ. Ojiji kemịkalụ iji mee ka ihe mejupụtara ya na-erughị pasent 3 nke mmepụta nickel. Dịka ihe mejupụtara, nickel nwere ọtụtụ ojiji pụrụ iche na mmepụta kemịkalụ, dịka ọmụmaatụ dị ka ihe na-akpali mmeghachi omume hydrogenation. Enzymes nke ụfọdụ microorganisms na osisi na-eji nickel dị ka ebe na-arụ ọrụ, yabụ nickel bụ ihe dị mkpa maka ha. [1]