Chemical element (nickel group element atom) with atomic number 28.
ChEBI ID: 28112
There is 1 compound belonging to this class, involving 1 study.
| Member | Definition | Role |
|---|---|---|
| nickel-60-atom | A stable isotope of nickel with relative atomic mass 59.93079, 26.223 atom percent natural abundance and nuclear spin 0. |
| Pre-1990 | 1990-2000 | 2001-2010 | 2011-2020 | Post-2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Article |
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Intensive cycling of nickel in a New Caledonian forest dominated by hyperaccumulator trees.
The hyperaccumulator Pycnandra acuminata is a New Caledonian rainforest tree known to have the highest concentration of nickel in any living organism, with 25 wt% nickel in its latex. All trees (with a diameter of >10 cm) and soil profiles in a 0.25-hectare permanent plot were sampled to assess the biogeochemical compartmentalisation of nickel in a dense stand of P. acuminata trees. Nickel stable isotope analysis permitted insights into the cycling of nickel in this ecosystem. The total tree biomass of the plot was calculated to be 281 tonnes ha |