Nickel has always been a vital metal for a wide variety of industries for the simple reason that it is a highly versatile material that will alloy with most other metals.

Both Nickel and nickel alloys are non-ferrous metals with high strength and toughness, superior corrosion resistance, and excellent elevated temperature properties. Pure nickel is a bright silver metallic element of the iron group and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It is also tough and resistant to corrosion and, possibly most importantly of all, it provides an excellent base for developing specialized alloys.

Nickel will alloy easily with many metals, including chromium, iron, molybdenum and copper. This allows for a wide variety of alloys that demonstrate an outstanding of benefits and unique properties.

Its high versatility has led to its use in a diverse range of applications, such as aircraft gas turbines, steam turbines in power plants and its extensive use in the energy and nuclear power markets.

Undoubtedly, Nickel’s adaptability and natural properties make it a very useful metal. Add to this the large variety of nickel alloys and you get an extremely sought-after material.

When you change the chemical composition of the alloy in question, the benefits change as well, allowing nickel alloys to have a range of commercial uses.