Nickel carbonyl

Nickel carbonyl

Ni(CO)₄ Colorless, flammable, poisonous liquid boiling at 43_C; soluble in alcohol and concentrated nitric acid, insoluble in water; used in gas plating (vapor decomposes at 60_C) and to produce metallic nickel.

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