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.
Actor Ralph Waite, best known for playing John Walton Sr-Papa Walton-in the long-running TV show The Waltons, has died at the age of 85. Ralph was a good honest actor and a good honest man, said Michael Learned, who played his on-screen wife Olivia. He was my spiritual husband. We loved each other for over 40 years.