What element has the symbol 'Ni'?

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Ni is the chemical symbol for Nickel, a silvery, hard, ferromagnetic metal with atomic number 28, widely used in stainless steel, batteries, and some coins. The look-alike options have different symbols: Nitrogen is N, Neon is Ne (think neon lights), and Niobium is Nb.

Fun fact: Nickel’s name comes from the German “Kupfernickel” (“devil’s copper”) because miners mistook its ore for copper that “tricked” them. Memory tip: NI = NIckel; Ne = NEon