What would happen if I put a nickel on a stove?

Question

What would happen if I took a nickel and put it on a stove for a long time? I put one on for a short time just now and it turned brown. Very cool.

Answer 1

It would be heated up and could melt

Answer 2

It will turn brown too.

The heat helps the metal atoms in the coin bond with various atoms in the air & on the burner.

A better way to turn coins dark is mix a little salt & vinegar, and paint the coins with it.

When they dry, the acid in the vinegar will have darkened them.

A stove doesn't get hot enough to melt a nickel.

Answer 3

A nickel is made 75% of copper and 25% of nickel. Their melting points are 1984°F and 2651°F respectively. You'd have to have a really hot stove for a nickel to melt.

There will probably be some dirt and impurities on the coin's surface which will burn and cause discoloration but not much else.