Notable Isotopes 
56Ni [28 neutrons]
Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 6.075 days [ Electron Capture ]
Decay Energy: ? MeVDecays to 56Co.
Half life: 6.075 days [ Gamma Radiation ]
Decay Energy: 0.158, 0.811 MeVDecays to ?.
| Nickel-56 is produced in large quantities in type Ia supernovae and the shape of the light curve of these supernovae corresponds to the decay via beta radiation of nickel-56 to cobalt-56 and then to iron-56. |
58Ni [30 neutrons]Abundance: 68.077%
Stable with 30 neutrons
59Ni [31 neutrons]Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 76000 years [ Electron Capture ]
Decay Energy: ? MeVDecays to 59Co.
| Nickel-59 is a long-lived cosmogenic radionuclide with a half-llife of 76,000 years. 59Ni has found many applications in isotope geology. 59Ni has been used to date the terrestrial age of meteorites and to determine abundances of extraterrestrial dust in ice and sediment. |
60Ni [32 neutrons]Abundance: 26.233%
Stable with 32 neutrons
61Ni [33 neutrons]Abundance: 1.14%
Stable with 33 neutrons
62Ni [34 neutrons]Abundance: 3.634%
Stable with 34 neutrons
| isotopes heavier than 62Ni cannot be formed by nuclear fusion without losing energy. |
63Ni [35 neutrons]Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 100.1 year [ beta- ]
Decay Energy: 0.0669 MeVDecays to 63Cu.
64Ni [36 neutrons]Abundance: 0.926%
Stable with 36 neutrons