Nickel

E Cattaneo and B Riegel, GmbH & Co. KG, Brilon, Germany

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Introduction
Nickel alloys have been used since centuries for making coins, jewelry, and household utensils due to their hardness and relatively high oxidation resistance. Despite the wide spread of nickel minerals, the silvery-white metal was rst recognized as a new element in 1751, when the Swedish mineralogist Axel Frederik Cronstedt discovered in niccolite an impure form of nickel. The name nickel originates from kupfernickel, a German name for niccolite, a copper-red color mineral containing B44% nickel and 56% arsenic.

General Properties
About 0.016% of the earths crust is composed of nickel occuring as ve stable isotopes.
Ni-58 : 67:8% Ni-60 : 26:2% Ni-61 : 1:3% Ni-64 : 1:2% Ni-62 : 3:7%

The atomic number of nickel is 28 with the electron conguration [Ar]3d84s2. Nickel has two allotropic crystal structures: (1) the closed-packed hexagonal a phase and (2) the face-centered cubic b phase with a density of 8908 g cm3 and a melting point of 1453 1C. Ferromagnetism is one of the outstanding physical properties of nickel (Tc 358363 1C) also observed for the other transition metals of Group VIII, iron (Tc 770 1C) and cobalt (Tc 1131 1C).

mineral type more than 60% of the world nickel production derives from suldic NiFeCu ores and the most important mineral is pentlandite (Fe, Ni)9S8. Although the nickel production from suldic ores still predominates, an increasing amount is at present extracted from laterite ores with low nickel contents, such as limonite (oxidic nickeliferous (Fe, Ni)O(OH) nH2O and garnierite (a mixture of NiMg hydrosilicates). Laterites are usually leached to dissolve the nickel in low-temperature hydrometallurgical recovery processes. The choice of the leaching process depends on many factors (impurities in the matte, energy price, and availability of sulfuric acid). In the case of high-temperature smelting of suldic minerals such as (Co,Ni,Fe)3S4 and (Fe,Ni,Cu)S, iron is rst oxidized to iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3) by means of partial calcination, and then slagged to ironsilicate with silica sand (SiO2) added to the rotation furnace. The product is a matte of iron(II) sulde (FeS), nickel sulde (NiS), and copper sulde (Cu2S). The iron(II) sulde (FeS) portion of the matte is oxidized by air blasting and slagged with silica (SiO2) in a converter. The result is a bessemer matte of nickel subsulde (Ni3S2) and copper sulde (Cu2S). The subsequent processing depends on the targeted product. Example 1: For the production of the Monel (Ni, Cu) alloy, the Ni3S2/Cu2S bessemer matte is rst calcinated to remove the sulfur. The oxides, product of the calcinations, are reduced in the following step. The advantage of the Monel process rests upon avoiding the expensive nickelcopper separation. Example 2: In the case of nickel rening with the Mond process, the matte is completely oxidized.
2Ni3 S2 7O2 -6NiO 4SO2 I

Mineral Deposits
The worlds largest deposits are found in Russia (18%), Canada and Cuba (17% each), and New Caledonia in the South Pacic (13%). Signicant deposits of sulde ores are found in Norilsk-Talnakh in Siberia and in Ontario (Sudburry district) in Canada. Other well-known ores are in the Kola Peninsula (Petschenga and Montschegorsk) and the Urals (Tscheljabinsk, Jekaterinburg, Orenburg) in Russia. Nickel deposits are also situated in Indonesia, Guatemala, and Australia.

Nickel oxide is reduced at 700800 1C in the presence of hydrogen

NiO H2 g-Nis H2 Og II

followed by
Nis 4COg-NiCO4 g at 5021001C III

Extraction and Processing

Nickel ores consist of suldes, arsenides, and oxides. The choice of the extraction process for nickel depends on the

By heating the carbonyl gas up to 180200 1C nely divided nickel with 99.9099.99% purity is obtained
NiCO4 g-Nis 4COg IV

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Electrowinning
Nickel can be recovered from aqueous solutions by electrolysis in the metallurgical process called electrowinning by which the oxidized metals dissolved from the ore are being electrodeposited (reduced) on the negative electrode. This means that a charge transfer reaction takes place from the solid metal toward the positively charged nickel ions in the electrolyte. The electrowinning of nickel is carried out commercially with both sulfate and chloride electrolytes. The main electrochemical reactions are the electrodeposition of nickel on the cathode and the oxygen or chlorine evolution on the anode for the sulfate and chlorine systems, respectively. The anodes for sulfate electrolytes are made of antimonial lead, leadcalciumtin, or lead strontiumtin. The direct electrowinning of nickel from the sulde matte in the previous examples follows schematically the reaction
1 Ni3 S2 -3Ni2 S8 6e 4 V

The German chemist Jeremias Benjamin Richter de veloped the chemical analytical methods to obtain

During the dissolution of the nickel subsulde (Ni3S2) anode, sulfur is being released. The anodic reaction is the oxidation of the sulfur ions at high potential (1.2 V), whereas the Ni2 ions go in solution. The sulfur content of the anode has to be higher than 23% to permit the anode dissolution. The anolyte is a sulfatechloride solution. This procedure is more modern than the standard Hybinette cell electrodeposition and has found increasing application since the end of the 1950s. In the Sherritt-Gordon ammonia pressure-leaching process for suldic ores, nickel is recovered from the leach liquor after copper removal and several purication steps. The reduction of the nickel ions in the remaining solution can proceed i. in a high-pressure hydrogen atmosphere at 200 1C to produce nickel powder or ii. electrochemically to form cathode nickel. Reduction electrolysis is also used for metal renement. In this case the main metal, typically nickel, copper, and cobalt is being dissolved anodically and electrodeposited in high purity on the cathode with a relatively low energy consumption. About 30% of the world nickel production derives from electrolysis.

nickel with high purity in 1804. Michael Faraday discovered the electrodeposition of nickel in 1832. The German chemist and industrialist Ludwig Mond developed the Mond process in 1899 in the United Kingdom for the extraction and renement of nickel after discovering in 1890 the nickel carbonyl synthesis. Waldmar Jungner patented the nickelcadmium battery in 1899 in Sweden. In 1901, Thomas. A. Edison patented in the United States the nickel-alkaline accumulator, which started the further development of the nickeliron system. The Swedish metallurgist Noak Victor Hybinette invented in 1904 the bagged-cathode cell, also called Hybinette cell for the electrowinning of nickel from smelting ores. The cathode and anode compartments of the cell are separated from each other by a ltering diaphragm allowing (especially in the following improved versions of the process) the renement of nickel from copper and other impurities. The patent for the rst nickel-based corrosion-resistant alloy Monel (70% nickel, 30% copper) was granted in 1906 in the United States to Ambrose Monel. The Krupp aktiengesellschaft (AG) in Germany disclosed in 1912 the rst corrosion-resistant steel with good mechanical properties, the V2A corrosion-proof alloy, a combination of 70% iron, 7% nickel, 20% chromium, and minor contents of carbon, silicon, and manganese processed with a particular heat treatment. Murray Raney in the United States developed in 1926 the selective leaching process to obtain a nely grained nickelaluminum alloy from a quenched melt of nickel and aluminum leached in concentrated sodium hydroxide. The Raney nickel alloy shows high catalytic activity with a wide application in hydrogenation reactions. Abner Brenner and Grace E. Riddell in the United States developed the autocatalytic electroless plating of nickel in 1944. Sherritt-Gordons researchers in Canada introduced in 1950 the ammonia leaching process for treating nickel concentrates (start of the pressure hydro-metallurgical processing). The Finnish metallurgical company Outokumpu introduced in 1959 the ash smelting technology, originally developed for copper, in its Harjavalta plant for the production of nickel (direct Outokumpu nickel).

Milestones in Research and Technology of Nickel

The Swedish chemist Torbern Olof Bergmann was the rst person to isolate nickel in 1775.

Nickel Alloys
Nickel is the main component of many well-known alloys, for example, corrosion-resistant alloys such as

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Monel (Ni, Cu), Inconel 600 (Ni, Cr, Fe), Hastelloy (Ni, Mo, Fe), and the already-mentioned stainless steels. Nickel is also present in strong magnetic alloys such as Alnico (Al, Ni, Co), Permalloy (Ni, Fe), and mu-metal (Ni, Fe, Cu, Mo). A very well-known nickel alloy is constantan (Cu 60%, Ni 40%) characterized by a constant resistance over a wide temperature range.

Chemistry of Nickel
Nickel is a reactive element that forms compounds in the oxidation state 1, 0, 1, 3, and 4 with oxygen, sulfur, halogens, cyanide, nitrate, ammonia, and carbon. The most stable oxidation state of nickel is 2. Typical nickel hydrated salts such as nickel sulfate hydrate (NiSO4 7H2O) and nickel nitrate hexahydrate (Ni(NO3)2 6H2O) are greenish due to the formation of Ni(H2O)62 complexes. Water-free nickel salts on the contrary are yellow. Nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) has a low solubility in alkaline solutions and dissolves in acid forming Ni(H2O)6 2 ions. If ammonia is added to nickel nitrate bromine (Ni(NO3)2), the green color turns blue due to the formation of Ni(NH3)6 2, a very soluble complex, which, contrary to Ni(H2O)6 2, does not precipitate. Nickel oxyhydroxide (NiO(OH)) is an Ni3 black-colored compound that can be synthesized from nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) in the presence of strong oxidants like Br2 in alkaline solutions. In alkaline cells such as NiCd and Ni/Zn, nickel oxyhydroxide forms the positive active mass and is being generated during charging, i.e., the oxidation is driven by the electrochemical potential in concentrated potassium hydroxide solutions following
2NiOOH 2H2 O 2e 2NiOH2 2HO U > 0:49 V VI

of the electrical current from an external source. Electroplating deposit layers are expected to be ne grained, strongly adhesive, and glassy. This is an essential difference to the relatively coarse grained, mechanically stable, adhesive deposits of high purity required in electrowinning and electrorenement. The main electrolytes containing Ni2 ions used in electroplating are nickel sulfate (NiSO4 6H2O), nickel chloride (NiCl2 6H2O), nickel sulfamate (Ni(NH2 SO3)2 4H2O), and the suitable combinations for particular applications. A further main component is boric acid (H3BO3). Other electrolyte components present have specic functions such as (1) neutral salts to increase the conductivity of the bath, (2) additives for reducing the surface tension to avoid porosity, (3) buffer salts to keep the pH of the solution between 3.5 and 4.5, and (4) brighteners to produce grain rening. Nickel electroplating has a very wide range of applications like corrosion protection, nickel alloy lm deposition for electronic storage devices, jewelry, and so on. In addition, there are two other processes that involve nickel electrodeposition of great technical relevance at present. These are i. electroless deposition, i.e., nickel deposition on nonconductive materials like plastics without using an external power supply, and ii. electroforming, a process by which pieces are produced (or reproduced) by electrodeposition upon a mandrel or mold that is subsequently separated from the deposit.

Electrochemical Nickel Powder Production

In metal powder production by electrodeposition, very different electrochemical reduction conditions are required compared with those used for electroplating, electrowinning, or electrorening. The electrodeposited metal consists in this process of poorly bonded microparticles, the opposite to the preferred coherent smooth electrodeposit with good substrate adhesion in electroplating. This means that the electrolytic metal powder is formed mainly in a micrometer-sized controlled dendritic morphology, which can spontaneously fall off or can easily be removed mechanically from the electrode. To achieve this powdery deposit, electrodeposition has to be carried out under diffusion control, i.e., in a mass-transport-controlled regime. The most important powders (copper, iron, and nickel) are obtained from aqueous solutions. The morphology of the nickel powder can be modied by introducing suitable additives in the electrolyte. Nickel metal powders are used for sintered and pressed parts, catalysts, conducting pastes, friction

The higher Ni4 oxidation state can be obtained by the oxidation of nickel hydroxide with peroxidisulfate to build hydrated nickel dioxide nickel dioxide hydrate (NiO2 nH2O). The already-mentioned nickel carbonyl (Ni(CO)4) is a well-known example for the zero oxidation state of nickel; it is used primarily as a carrier of carbon monoxide (reaction [IV]) in the synthesis of acrylates (compounds utilized in the manufacture of plastics). Other nickel compounds such as nickel chloride, nickel cyanide, nickel nitrate, nickel phosphate, nickel sulfate, and nickel acetate are currently used in electroplating and plating processes.

Electrochemical Nickel Plating

Electroplating is an electrodeposition process that is used to produce metallic coatings on a substrate by the action

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components, and so on. Nickel powder can also be added to the active mass of alkaline cells to enhance the conductivity of the plates. This procedure was rst introduced by T. A. Edison in the form of nickel akes introduced in the positive pocket plates. Edisons process for electrodepositing nickel akes was rst described in his US 821 626 patent of 1906.

concentration dene the stability limits, i.e., those denoted with 6 in Figure 1. According to Figure 1, nickel metal would get dissolved in acidic solutions according to
Ni-Ni2 2e VII

and in strong alkaline solutions following

Stability of Nickel in Aqueous Solution

The Pourbaix diagram for the potential versus pH of the NiH2O system at 25 1C (Figure 1) shows a common domain for the equilibrium range of nickel and water (lines a and b) for neutral and alkaline solutions. Nickel is considered stable in the regions where it does not go in solution. The lines corresponding to 106 mol L1 ion

Ni 2H2 O-HNiO2 3H 2e

VIII

In the pH window between 9.1 and 12.2, nickel is stable and in equilibrium with the solid phases nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2), Ni3O4, and nickel dioxide (NiO2), i.e., a protective layer builds up. At negative potentials below 0.5 V, nickel is immune. The thermodynamic considerations and the choice of reaction mechanisms for

Figure 1 PotentialpH diagram at 25 1C for nickel. Reproduced with permission from Pourbaix M (1974) Atlas of electrochemical equilibria in aqueous solutions, 2nd edn. Brussels: NACE international and CEBELCOR.

E (V)

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2.0 Passivity NiO2

hot concentrated phosphoric acid and aerated or ganic acids. Nickel is resistant in alkaline solutions of lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, and potas sium hydroxide up to the boiling point and ammonia o1%. Nickel is not resistant in alkaline solutions of
Passivity NiO

1.5

O2 /H
1.0 E (V)

2O

Ni2O3

Passivity 0.5 Corrosion Ni 2+ 0.5 Ni Immunity 1.0 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 pH Ni3O4

H +/H

>1% and ammonia alkaline hypochlorites. Nickel is also resistant to most nonoxidizing salts but not resist ant to most oxidizing salts, resistant to dry halogen gases o200 1C but not resistant to moist halogens and hydrogen halides,

Figure 2 PotentialpH diagram for nickel with the practical stability ranges.

nickel in water used to make the diagram in Figure 1 do not include kinetics. For example, the rate for the buildup of protective layers, the inuence of the electrolyte circulation, and the detrimental effect of impurity ions or dissolved gases like oxygen are not considered. Fortunately, for many applications the kinetic stability range for nickel is wider than from the pH range expected from Figure 1. The practical stability range for nickel in water demonstrated in Figure 2 conrms nickels corrosion in strong acidic solutions, but also shows that it is unexpectedly stable in strongly alkaline solutions even at high anodic potentials. This is due to the buildup of passive layers, a property that explains the successful deployment of nickel electroplated parts for the positive electrodes in alkaline power sources and corrosion protection in general. On the contrary, nickel is usually not stable against substances or environments known to damage protection layers.

and not resistant to industrial atmospheres that build nonprotective basic nickel sulfate layers (fogging). Fogging is however minimized by a thin coating of chromium (0.0030.000 7 mm) electroplated over nickel.

The corrosion resistance can be improved by alloying nickel with other metals like copper, chromium, and molybdenum. The enhanced corrosion resistance through alloying is not universal as it suits in most cases the environmental conditions for some particular application. For example, the already-mentioned Monel NiCu alloy is resistant to high velocity (aerated) seawater, where it shows uniform passivation. For this reason it has found application in the naval industry, e.g., to build huge propellers. But, on the contrary, Monel shows pitting (nonuniform local) corrosion in stagnant seawater.

Nickel Compounds in Electrical Storage Devices

The application of nickel in electrochemical energy storage systems started with the development of the alkaline accumulators at the end of the nineteenth century. The development of the nickelcadmium (NiCd) and nickeliron (NiFe) from the quest for alternative lightweight and robust power sources for powering electrical devices electricity networks in those days were an exception (in 1901 only 3% of the US population was connected). The rapid evolution of the alkaline systems rested upon previous innovations such as the introduction of the caustic potash electrolyte (KOH) for the zinccopper oxide by M. F. De Lalande and G. Chaperon in 1883, and the research on nickel chemistry by A. Dunn and F. Hasslacher in the 1880s. Waldmar Jungner in Sweden worked in the 1890s with both the iron and the cadmium electrodes. He developed

Corrosion Properties of Nickel

Nickel is resistant in acid solutions to nonoxidizing acids, dilute, sulfuric acid deaerated (o80% at room tempera ture (RT)) and chloric acid deaerated (o15% at

RT), hydrouoric acid at RT, and deaerated dilute organic acids and pure phosphoric acid, deaerated at RT.

Nickel is not resistant in acid solutions to oxidizing acids like nitric acid, sulfuric acid >80% and at high temperature and

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commercial Ni/Zn cells were carried at Powergenix and US national laboratories. The electrochemistry of zinc will be covered in detail in Nickel-Zinc Battery (Secondary Batteries Nickel Systems: NickelZinc), Zinc Electrode - Form, Morphology, and Reactivity (Secondary Batteries Zinc Systems: Zinc Electrodes: Overview). NickelHydrogen Batteries The nickelhydrogen (Ni/H2) is a sealed secondary battery that combines a fuel cell with a conventional electrode. The fuel-like electrode is the negative and uses hydrogen as the negative active material. The positive electrode is a conventional nickel electrode. The overall reaction for this system is
discharge 1 H2 NiOOH $ NiOH2 2 charge

impact on operation costs have slowed down its deployment. The thin b-alumina (Al2O3) ceramic is a know how-sensitive and expensive component of the system that cannot withstand repeated thermal cycling without developing microcracks. te anonyme (SA) in Switzerland MES-DEA socie offers the ZEBRA battery for EV, telecom backup power, and regenerative energy supply (photovoltaic and wind turbines). Alkaline Fuel Cells with Oxygen Gas Diffusion Electrodes of Raney Nickel The Raney nickel alloy was used as an alternative to the silver technology electrodes for making oxygen electrodes for alkaline fuel cells. These highly porous metal electrodes capable of sustaining high current densities owing to their high surface Raney nickel structure were developed by E. Justi and coworkers in Germany in the 1950s. This technology was adopted by VARTA and later adopted and upgraded by Siemens. Lithium Batteries with Li(NiCoAl)O2 Cathodes Lithium nickel dioxide (LiNiO2) has been considered since long an alternative to the more expensive lithium cobalt dioxide (LiCoO2) cathode material for lithium-ion batteries due to its high specic capacity of 200 mAh g1. Lithium nickel dioxide (LiNiO2) belongs to the group of insertion metal oxide electrodes for Li ions. Its use, however, was hindered by (1) poor cyclability due to a structural instability, (2) difculties in synthesizing an electrochemical active form because of its tendency to non-stoichiometry, and (3) poor thermal stability (i.e., exothermic reactions with oxygen liberation). In the past 10 years, the thermal stability and cyclability were notably improved by cationic substitutions in nickel dioxide (NiO2) with cobalt and aluminum. Lithium cells with nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA) cathodes, i.e., Li (Ni0.85Co0.10Al0.05)O2, are considered at present one of the most promising lithium-ion systems for automobile use.

E 0 : 1:36 V

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A salient feature is that the hydrogen pressure gives an indication of the state of charge and is also proportional to the self-discharge. The oxygen evolved during overcharge is reduced at the hydrogen electrode, which carries noble metal catalysts, a cost factor that has limited the deployment of this system to aerospace applications. This system is distinguished for being very reliable, exhibiting a longer cycle life than other maintenance-free secondary systems; it also resists high-rate overcharging and cell reversal. Nickelhydrogen showed rapid development in the 1970s, and today one of the main manufacturers is Eagle-Picher in the United States. SodiumNickel Chloride ZEBRA Batteries These are high-temperature nickel-based batteries developed in 1985 in South Africa. The name ZEBRA stands for Zeolite Applied to Battery Research Africa. Sodium, the negative electrode, and sodium aluminum tetrachloride (Na[AlCl4]) are molten at the operational temperature (170400 1C) of the cell; sodium aluminum tetrachloride (Na[AlCl4]) is added to the porous nickel chloride to transport Na from the surface of the b00 -alumina solid-state electrolyte to the reaction sites at the interior of the positive electrode. The overall cell reaction is
2Na NiCl2 $ 2NaCl Ni
charge discharge

Nomenclature
Symbols and Units
E E0 Tc k h AG electrode potential standard electrode potential Curie temperature wavelength diffraction angle aktiengesellschaft (corporation)

E 0 : 2:58V at 3001C XX

Sodiumnickel chloride batteries were considered promising candidates for HEV applications owing to their high energy density. They are resistant to overcharge abuse and passed successfully many safety tests and crash simulations. The need for a thermal management to keep a relative high temperature (even at rest) and its potential

Abbreviations and Acronyms

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AGV CVD DAUG EV FNC HEV ICE MH NiMH PTFE RT SA SEM ZEBRA automatic guided vehicles chemical vapor deposition Deutsche Automobil Gesellschaft electric vehicle ber nickel cadmium hybrid electric vehicle internal combustion engine metal hydride nickelmetal hydride polytetrauoroethylene room temperature te anonyme (corporation) socie scanning electron microscopy Zeolite Applied to Battery Research Africa

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See also: Chemistry, Electrochemistry, and Electrochemical Applications: Hydrogen; Iron; Zinc; Electrochemical Theory: Corrosion; Hydrogen Evolution; Kinetics; Oxygen Evolution; Thermodynamics; Electrolytes: Solid: Sodium Ions; Fuel Cells Overview: Introduction; Fuels Hydrogen Storage: Complex Hydrides; History: Primary Batteries; Secondary Batteries; Secondary Batteries High Temperature Systems: SodiumNickel Chloride; Secondary Batteries LeadAcid Systems: Electrode Design; Lifetime Determining Processes; Secondary Batteries Lithium Rechargeable Systems LithiumIon: Positive Electrode: High-Voltage Materials; Positive Electrode: Nanostructured Transition Metal Oxides; Thermal Runaway; Secondary Batteries Nickel Systems: Electrodes: Cadmium; Electrodes: Iron; Electrodes: Nickel; Memory Effect; NickelCadmium: Overview; NickelCadmium: Sealed; NickelHydrogen; NickelIron; NickelMetal Hydride: Metal Hydrides; NickelMetal Hydride: Overview; NickelZinc; Secondary Batteries Zinc Systems: Zinc Electrodes: Overview; ZincSilver.

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