Hi,

Rany nickel is a compound of alluminum and nickel. It is used as a catalyst in many reaction. It is also used as reagent. The most common use is in hydrogenation reaction. Some time it is represented Ni-Al on the reaction arrow.

Hey,

Raney nickel is a substance made up of nickel or rather an alloy of nickel and aluminium which is a very strong catalyst and is used as a reagent for many hydrogenation reactions.

This type of nickel is also called as skeletal catalyst sometimes.

It can be used as a catalyst in a number of reactions like hydrogenation of benzene into cyclohexane or in desulfurization of thioacetal.

I hope this helps.

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• Raney nickel is a solid catalyst which is composed of fine grains of a nickel -aluminium alloy.

• Raney nickel is used in many industrial processes it

• Raney nickel is produced when a block of nickel -aluminium alloy is treated with concentrated sodium hydroxide.