Nickel is one of the most widely used metals on the planet. According to the Nickel Institute, the metal is used in over 300,000 different products. Most often it is found in steels and metal alloys, but it is also used in the production of batteries and permanent magnets. About 65% of all nickel produced goes into stainless steel. Austenitic steels are non-magnetic stainless steels that contain high levels of chromium and nickel, and low levels of carbon.
1 Special guest: Grandma (Ellen Corby). 2  Notes: Rev. Bradshaw, the fourth Baptist minister to appear in The Waltons, is introduced in this episode. 3  He replaces Rev. Andrew March who replaced Rev. Buchanan, the second minister. 4  Rev. Matthew Fordwick was the original minister at the Waltons Mountain Baptist church.
Earl Hamner Jr. dead: 'The Waltons' creator, 'Twilight Zone' writer was 92. In this Wednesday, April 3, 2013 file photo, author Earl Hamner Jr. blows a kiss to relatives in the gallery as he is honored by the Virginia Senate at the state capitol in Richmond, Va.