Ni (Noun)
Meaning
A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The stainless steel alloy contained a significant amount of ni to enhance its corrosion resistance.
- The mining company extracted ni from the pentlandite ore and sold it to manufacturers.
- Ni is a key component in the production of alloys used in the aerospace industry.
- The smelter processed the garnierite ore to extract the valuable ni content.
- The engineer specified a ni-based alloy for the construction of the high-temperature furnace.