 Notable Isotopes  |
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 56Ni [28 neutrons] |
 Abundance: synthetic
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| Half life: 6.075 days [ Electron Capture ]
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| Decay Energy: ? MeV |
| Decays to 56Co.
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| Half life: 6.075 days [ Gamma Radiation ]
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| Decay Energy: 0.158, 0.811 MeV |
| Decays to ?.
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| 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.
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| 58Ni [30 neutrons] |
| Abundance: 68.077%
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| Stable with 30 neutrons
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| 59Ni [31 neutrons] |
| Abundance: synthetic
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| Half life: 76000 years [ Electron Capture ]
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| Decay Energy: ? MeV |
| Decays to 59Co.
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| 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.
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| 60Ni [32 neutrons] |
| Abundance: 26.233%
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| Stable with 32 neutrons
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| 61Ni [33 neutrons] |
| Abundance: 1.14%
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| Stable with 33 neutrons
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| 62Ni [34 neutrons] |
| Abundance: 3.634%
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| Stable with 34 neutrons
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| isotopes heavier than 62Ni cannot be formed by nuclear fusion without losing energy.
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| 63Ni [35 neutrons] |
| Abundance: synthetic
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| Half life: 100.1 year [ beta- ]
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| Decay Energy: 0.0669 MeV |
| Decays to 63Cu.
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| 64Ni [36 neutrons] |
| Abundance: 0.926%
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| Stable with 36 neutrons
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