Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

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Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722 – 1765) was a Swedish chemist who discovered nickel in 1751. He described it as kupfernickel (the devil's copper). He was a pupil of Georg Brandt, the discoverer of cobalt. Nickel is also used in coins for the Canadian nickel.

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