Periodic Table/Germanium/⁵⁹Ge

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⁵⁹Ge

Germanium-59

Radioactive· Half-life: 13.3 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

32

Neutrons (N)

27

Mass Number (A)

59

Atomic Mass

58.982426AMU

Spin / Parity

7/2-

Binding E/A

7.647keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

13.3 ms

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

β⁺

100.0%

β⁺p

93.0%

2p

0.2%

Decay Chain

⁵⁹GeGermanium13.3 ms

β⁺100.0%

β⁺p⁵⁸Zn93.0%

2p⁵⁷Zn0.20%

⁵⁹GaGalliumSTABLE

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

Other Isotopes of Germanium

58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

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