Chithovu cha Nickel chitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chosefera, chowongolera maginito pothana ndi maginito amadzimadzi. Ntchito zina zimaphatikizira kugwiritsa ntchito zoneneratu zosungira ma hydrogen ndi mawu osinthira kutentha. Chithovu cha Nickel ndi chinthu chomveka bwino chomwe chimakhala ndi ntchito yabwino, yomwe imakhala ndi phokoso lapamwamba lokhala ndi phokoso lapamwamba pa maulendo apamwamba; kachitidwe kake kamvekedwe ka mawu pamayendedwe otsika amatha kutheka kudzera mu kapangidwe kake kakutulutsa mawu. Chithovu cha Nickel ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zabwino za elekitirodi popanga mabatire a cadmium-nickel ndi mabatire a hydrogen-nickel. Njira yokonzekera chithovu cha nickel pogwiritsa ntchito njira ya electro-deposition idapangidwa bwino kudzera pakuyesa. Zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi pulasitiki ya thovu lotseguka. Kuyika kwa conductive kumatha kukonzedwa ndi njira zitatu: plating ya nickel, vacuum nickel plating ndi zomatira zomatira zomiza. Pambuyo pakuwotcha, imatha kuyikidwa mu sulphate nickel plating solution. Nickel, itatha kuyaka, kuchira komanso kuphatikizira, imatha kupeza thovu la nickel ndikuchita bwino kwambiri.