Periodic Table/Germanium/⁶⁰Ge

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⁶⁰Ge

Germanium-60

Radioactive· Half-life: 21.0 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

32

Neutrons (N)

28

Mass Number (A)

60

Atomic Mass

59.970445AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

7.840keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

21.0 ms

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

β⁺

100.0%

β⁺p

100.0%

2p

14.0%

Decay Chain

⁶⁰GeGermanium21.0 ms

β⁺100.0%

β⁺p⁵⁹Zn100.0%

2p⁵⁸Zn14.0%

⁶⁰GaGallium72.4 ms

β⁺100.0%

β⁺p⁵⁹Cu1.60%

β⁺α⁵⁶Ni0.02%

⁶⁰ZnZinc2.38 min

β⁺100.0%

⁶⁰CuCopper23.7 min

β⁺100.0%

⁶⁰NiNickelSTABLE

5-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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