Nickel Metal Hydride Battery (NiMH): A rechargeable battery that is capable of holding more power that a NiCd battery and suffers much less from memory effect. It is also typically more expensive than a NiCd battery.

 

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Nickel Metal Hydride Battery (NiMH): A rechargeable battery that is capable of holding more power that a NiCd battery and suffers much less from memory effect. It is also typically more expensive than a NiCd battery.

Native Metal: A natural deposit of a metallic element in pure metallic form, neither oxidized nor combined with sulfur or other elements.

Nickel: An alloying element which increases the strength, toughness and wear and corrosion resistance of steels.

Nickel (Ni): Atomic number: 28, Atomic mass: 58.71 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.8, Density: 8.9 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 1453 °C, Boiling point: 2913 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.124 nm, Ionic radiu . . . View Full Definition

Metals (Implant): Strong and relatively ductile substances that provide electropositive ions to a corrosive environment and can be polished to a high luster, characterized by metallic atomic bonding. Most oft . . . View Full Definition

Metallurgy: The science explaining the properties, behavior and internal structure of metals.

Metallics: A class of paints that include metal flakes in their composition.

Metalloid: An element with both metallic and nonmetallic properties. Examples are silicon, arsenic, and germanium.

Metallophone: Percussion instrument consisting of tuned metal bars, usually struck with a mallet.

Nickel Back: An extra, or fifth, defensive back. Named after the coin, worth five cents. Popularized by the Miami Dolphins in the 1970s, now common.