单词 | nickeline |
释义 | nickelinen. 1. Mineralogy. = niccolite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > niccolite group > nickel arsenide copper-nickel1728 kupfernickel1796 nickeline1835 neoplase1854 niccolite1868 nickelite1883 orcelite1960 1835 C. U. Shepard Treat. Mineral. II. 83 Nickeline (Copper-Nickel). 1890 Amer. Naturalist 24 72 Dudgeonite was found at the Pibble Mine, near Creetown, Scotland, in little cavities occurring in nickeline. 1971 Mineral. Mag. 38 104 Recommendations of the Commission [on New Minerals and Mineral Names, of the International Mineralogical Association] on minerals for which more than one name is in common use:..Nickeline, not niccolite or nickelite. 1986 Canad. Jrnl. Earth Sci. 23 1476/1 Maucherite was identified only in the ores of the Contact Lake and Terra deposits, where it occurs as bands with nickeline. 2. Engineering. Any of various nickel alloys or varieties of nickel silver; spec. an alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc noted for its high electrical resistivity and low thermal expansion coefficient. Also: a tin alloy containing antimony and copper (but not nickel: see quot. 1958). Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > copper, zinc, and nickel or imitation silver occamy1596 tutenag1622 paitung1736 paktong1776 German silver1828 electrum1829 albata1833 argentan1847 maillechort1851 nickel silver1860 nickeline1882 melchior1892 1882 Science 14 Jan. 12/1 Mr. Wessell's low-priced nickeline metal..holds a pure and strong lustre throughout indefinite exposure to every test that befalls (and befouls) a silver spoon in domestic use. 1892 Science 5 Feb. 83/1 The specific resistance of manganine is..higher than that of nickeline, which has hitherto passed as the best resisting metal. 1912 C. A. Browne Handbk. Sugar Anal. vi. 126 The error..was so great with the old ivory scales that the latter have been replaced in most saccharimeters with the alloy nickeline which has an expansion coefficient per ° C. of 0.000018. 1933 E. W. Washburn et al. Internat. Crit. Tables Numerical Data II. 380/2 Nickeline. Cu, 75–55; Ni, 18–32; Zn, 0–20; Fe; Pb. 1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 203/2 Nickeline, a tin-base alloy used in packing rings to ensure tightness in stuffing boxes... This alloy does not contain nickel. 1969 E. N. Simons Dict. Alloys 121 Nickeline Alloy, an alloy of copper 60, zinc 25, nickel 15, per cent, designed for application to electrical resistances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nickelineadj. Chiefly Chemistry. Obsolete. Containing or consisting of nickel. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > nickel > [adjective] > consisting of nickeline1786 1786 J. Aikin tr. A. Beaumé Man. Chem. (ed. 2) 122 (note) The ingredients which are usually separated from the nickelline ores. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 444 A solution of Sal Ammoniac would take up the nickeline part and leave the Cobaltic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1835adj.1786 |
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