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In one example, discovered just over a century ago, an alloy of iron and nickel — invar — which shows very small expansion or contraction with changes in temperature, was singled out for use The History of Nickel. Humans have been using nickel since at least the third century BCE, when the Chinese used a zinc-nickel alloy known as white copper to make weapons, and later, coins 6. In the 15 th century, German miners discovered nickel ore, now called niccolite or arsenide, which resembled copper ore because of its red/brown color Nickel is believed to be the second most abundant element in the Earth's core after iron. Nickel is a component of stainless steel. Nickel has an abundance of 85 parts per million in the Earth's crust. Nickel has an abundance of 5.6 x 10-4 mg per liter of seawater. Most nickel produced today finds its way into alloys with other metals. iyOFfh.