Periodic Table/Cobalt/⁶⁸Co

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⁶⁸Co

Cobalt-68

Radioactive· Half-life: 200 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

27

Neutrons (N)

41

Mass Number (A)

68

Atomic Mass

67.944559AMU

Spin / Parity

7-

Binding E/A

8.317keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

200 ms

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

β⁻

100.0%

β⁻n

Decay Chain

⁶⁸CoCobalt200 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n⁶⁷Ni

⁶⁸NiNickel29.0 s

β⁻100.0%

⁶⁸CuCopper30.9 s

β⁻100.0%

⁶⁸ZnZincSTABLE

4-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown · branching ratios indicated

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

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