Nickel Metal

Welcome to the SIEF page for Nickel metal.
(EC Name: Nickel/EINECS: 231-111-4)

• View the description of Nickel Metal
• Read the Ni Cs introductory letter

 

Substance description

CAS-No.: 7440-02-0
EINECS-No.: 231-111-4
EINECS Name: Nickel
Synonyms: nickel, metallic.
Atomic formula: Ni(0)
Atomic number: 28
Atomic weight: 58.71

 

Who's who?

• The SIEF Members are all the pre-registrants who intend to register the same substance.
• The Lead Registrant is Vale Inco (no objection or no other nominations have been received from SIEF members).
• The SIEF Leadership Team is the Nickel Consortia.

The Nickel Consortia on behalf of Vale Inco is preparing to submit the Registration Dossier for the first registration date of 30 November 2010.

Read more information about the Early Registration of Nickel Metal

 

SIEF Members

To view a full list of SIEF members and their contact details, please contact us.

 

List of identified uses for Ni Metal

• Production of nickel-containing alloys (including stainless steel)
• Metal surface treatment (nickel electroplating and nickel electroforming technologies)
• Production of nickel-containing products (e.g. welding electrodes, electronic/electrical components...)
• Production of chemicals containing nickel
• Production of nickel-containing batteries (nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride)
• Production and use of catalysts (go to Guidance on Catalysts GES mapping of uses, from Cefic ECMA)
• Production of magnets
• Production of ceramics
• Cementation
• Feed to smelting process
• Nickel containing sputtering targets for physical vapour deposition processes
• Brazing alloys (in the manufacturing of the automotives, electrotechnical appliances, heat exchangers)
• Contact material (in low voltage electrotechnical switches)
• Production of nickel powder (mixing, pressing, sintering as described on Guidance on Powder Production, from EPMA)
• Evaporation material (metallization for semiconductors)

Click here to download the detailled table on identified uses (contains all the use descriptors for all uses) from the Nickel Metal

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