Periodic Table/Nickel/⁷⁹Ni

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⁷⁹Ni

Nickel-79

Radioactive· Half-life: 44.0 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

28

Neutrons (N)

51

Mass Number (A)

79

Atomic Mass

78.969769AMU

Spin / Parity

5/2+

Binding E/A

7.969keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

44.0 ms

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

β⁻

100.0%

β⁻n

2n

Decay Chain

⁷⁹NiNickel44.0 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n⁷⁸Cu

2n⁷⁷Ni

⁷⁹CuCopper241 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n⁷⁸Zn66.0%

2n⁷⁷Cu

⁷⁹ZnZinc746 ms

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n⁷⁸Ga1.70%

⁷⁹GaGallium2.85 s

β⁻100.0%

β⁻n⁷⁸Ge0.09%

⁷⁹GeGermanium19.0 s

β⁻100.0%

⁷⁹AsArsenic9.01 min

β⁻100.0%

⁷⁹SeSelenium327 ky

β⁻100.0%

⁷⁹BrBromineSTABLE

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

Other Isotopes of Nickel

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 79 80 81 82

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