Nickel ( ) is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel belongs to the transition metals and is hard and ductile. Pure nickel shows a significant chemical activity that can be observed when nickel is powdered to maximize the exposed surface area on which reactions can occur, but larger pieces of the metal are slow to react with air at ambient conditions due to the formation of a protective oxide surface. Even then, nickel is reactive enough with oxygen so that native nickel is rarely found on Earth's surface, being mostly confined to the interiors of larger nickel–iron meteorites that were protected from oxidation during their time in space. On Earth, such native nickel is always found in combination with iron, a reflection of those elements' origin as major end products of supernova nucleosynthesis. An iron–nickel mixture is thought to compose Earth's inner core.

Nickel ist ein chemisches Element mit dem Symbol Ni und der Ordnungszahl 28.

Le nickel est un élément chimique, de symbole Ni et de numéro atomique 28.

Nickel är ett metalliskt grundämne med det kemiska tecknet Ni och atomnummer 28.

Nikiel (Ni, łac. niccolum) - pierwiastek chemiczny z grupy metali przejściowych w układzie okresowym.