Mond process

The process was used commercially before the end of the 19th century,[2] and particularly by the International Nickel Company in the Sudbury Basin.

No other element forms a carbonyl compound under the mild conditions used in the process.

The decomposition may be engineered to produce powder, but more commonly an existing substrate is coated with nickel.

This process has also been used for plating nickel onto other metals, where a complex shape or sharp corners have made precise results difficult to achieve by electroplating.

Although the results are good, the toxicity makes it impractical as an industrial process.