Nickel grades and chemical composition
| Pure nickel grade | Ni+Co | Cu | Si | Mn | C | Mg | S | Fe | Impurities total | UNS designation |
| not less than | ||||||||||
| N2 | 99.98 | 0.001 | 0.003 | .002 | .005 | .003 | .001 | .007 | .02 | |
| N4 | 99.9 | 0.015 | 0.03 | .002 | .01 | .01 | .001 | .04 | 0.1 | N02201 |
| N6 | 99.5 | 0.06 | 0.10 | .05 | .10 | .10 | .005 | .10 | 0.5 | N02200 |
| N8 | 99.0 | 0.15 | 0.15 | .20 | .20 | .10 | .015 | .30 | 1.0 | |
| DN | 99.35 | 0.06 | 0.02-0.10 | 0.05 | .02.10 | .02-.10 | .005 | .10 | 0.35 | |
| NY1 | 99.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | .02 | .10 | .005 | .10 | 0.3 | |
| NY2 | 99.4 | 0.01-0.10 | 0.1 | - | - | - | 0.002-0.01 | .10 | 0.6 | |
| NY3 | 99.0 | 0.15 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 10 | 0.005 | .25 | 1.0 | |
| NMg0.1 | 99.6 | 0.05 | 0.02 | .05 | .05 | 0.07~0.15 | 0.005 | .07 | .40 | |
| NSI0.19 | 99.4 | 0.05 | 0.15~0.25 | .05 | .10 | .05 | 0.005 | .07 | .50 | |
The corrosion resistance of nickel
Nickel is especially resistant to alkali corrosion and is relatively stable in high temperature or flame melted alkali, so it is mainly used in the alkali industry. At normal temperature, the snail is extremely stable in seawater, salt solution, and organic medium (such as fatty acid, phenol, fermentation, etc.), and is not resistant to inorganic acid corrosion, nor stable in acetic acid and light acid.
