Periodic Table/Cobalt/⁶⁰Co

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⁶⁰Co

Cobalt-60

Radioactive· Half-life: 5.27 y

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

27

Neutrons (N)

33

Mass Number (A)

60

Atomic Mass

59.933816AMU

Spin / Parity

5+

Binding E/A

8.517keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

5.27 y

Decay Modesoverview · half-life · α · β⁻ · β⁺

β⁻

100.0%

Decay Chain

⁶⁰CoCobalt5.27 y

β⁻100.0%

⁶⁰NiNickelSTABLE

2-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown

Other Isotopes of Cobalt

47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78

Medical Applications

TherapeuticCo-60

External beam radiation therapy and Gamma Knife

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