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Various Nickel Single Crystal Pieces Source: Found, Magnetism Lab Cleanout Purity: 99.99% These are pieces of Nickel single crystal rods, some with the (111) plane showing. I presume they were used to test the magnetism of single crystals versus polycrystalline samples, but I'm not sure. |
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Nickel Powder Source: "Borrowed," High School Chemistry Lab Purity: 99% This Nickel powder was one of my first elemental acquisitions, and I was glad to get it. This came right after I had exhausted local supplies - i.e. melting Zinc out of pennies, breaking light bulbs for Tungsten filaments, collecting smoke detectors for Americium, etc. I believe this was my first acquisition that I didn't have to do *some* amount of work to get. |
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1cm Nickel Balls Source: Found, Lab Cleanout Purity: 99% These Nickel balls are all that remain from a full jar that I sold off piece by piece on eBay. I kept two around, because they just seemed neat. |
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Irregular Nickel Shot Source: Found, Lab Cleanout Purity: 99.95% This Nickel shot came right from a stock bottle. I didn't have it in that form, and I figured a few hundred milligrams from a two pound bottle wouldn't be missed. |