Enwere ike iji ụfụfụ nickel mee ihe dị ka ihe nzacha, onye na-eme ihe na-erugharị magneti maka imeso ihe ndọta dị na mmiri mmiri. Ngwa ndị ọzọ gụnyere itinye aka na amụma nchekwa hydrogen na amụma mgbanwe okpomọkụ. Ụfụ nickel bụ ihe na-eme ka ụda na-arụ ọrụ nke ọma, nke nwere oke ụda na-eme ka ụda olu dị elu na ugboro ugboro; Enwere ike ịrụ ọrụ ya na-eme ka ụda olu na obere oge dị ala site na nhazi nke nhazi ụda. Ụfụ nickel bụkwa otu n'ime ezigbo ihe electrode maka imepụta batrị cadmium-nickel na batrị hydrogen-nickel. Usoro nke ịkwadebe ụfụfụ nickel site na usoro electro-deposition bụ nke ọma mepụtara site na nnwale. Ihe mgbakwasị ụkwụ eji bụ plastik ụfụfụ ghe oghe. Enwere ike ịkwadebe oyi akwa na-eduzi site na ụzọ atọ: kemịkalụ nickel plating, oghere nickel plating na imikpu conductive nrapado. Mgbe tupu nicking, ọ nwere ike plated na nkịtị sulfate nickel plating ngwọta. Nickel, mgbe ọkụ, mgbake na usoro mgbakasị ahụ, nwere ike nweta ihe ụfụfụ nickel na arụmọrụ dị mma.