Cupronickel

Cupronickel is an alloy. It is made of copper and nickel. It is used in nickels, the US coins. It does not corrode. It is silvery in color. It has 75% copper and 25% nickel.

Cupronickel Media

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  Two stacks of Half dollars. The coins in the stack on the right are composed of copper with cupronickel cladding, and can be distinguished from the silver half dollars on the left by their visible copper cores.

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  5 schweizer Franken hinten

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  Five Indian rupees, commemorating ILO

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  Twenty five Indonesian rupiah

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  Crack in 90–10 Cu–Ni metal plate due to stresses during silver brazing

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  Cupronickel coin of king Pantaleon c. 170 BCE.*Obverse: Bust of Dionysos with a wreath of leaves.*Reverse: Panther with a small bell around the neck, touching a vine with the left leg. Greek legend: BASILEOS PANTALEONTOS "King Pantaleon".

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  A Cupro-nickel coin of king Euthydemus II, c. 185–180 BC. Notice the coin looks more corroded than the usual silver coins.

Related pages

• Nichrome