Electrons were fired at a target made of this element in an experiment which confirmed the wave-particle duality, performed by Davisson and Germer.
This element has a doubly magic 48 isotope, and an aluminum alloy of this metal is heated in the presence of sodium hydroxide to obtain a catalyst that can reduce almost anything with double bonds. This metal is extracted in a process where its ore reacts with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to produces a tetracarbonyl intermediate, called the Mond process. Electrons were fired at a target made of this element in an experiment which confirmed the wave-particle duality, performed by Davisson and Germer. Coming in a Raney variety, for 10 points, identify this element usually found as its namesake metal hydride in electrochemical cells.
This element has a doubly magic 48 isotope, and an aluminum alloy of this metal is heated in the presence of sodium hydroxide to obtain a catalyst that can reduce almost anything with double bonds.
{nickel}