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Re:Hubble Telescope Captures a Rare Asteroid Worth 70k Times... by Buttons840 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:49PM (#26611834)
What are the properties of Nickel? Would we have Nickel pipes and faucets, and Nickel covered cars?
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Re:Hubble Telescope Captures a Rare Asteroid Worth 70k Times... by clord on Sunday March 28, 2021 @02:28PM (#26612833)
We already do. Several grades of stainless steel use a lot of nickel, and these are used in many applications. Also it is quite expensive which prevents it from being used generally.
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