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Excerpt from The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 5: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge; S-Z
Nickel combines with sulphur by fusion. The compound has a yellow colour with some brilliancy. It is brittle and hard, and burns when strongly heated in contact with the air. Nickel is also dissolved by the alkaline sulphurets.
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