Periodic Table/Zinc/⁵⁹Zn

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⁵⁹Zn

Zinc-59

Radioactive· Half-life: 179 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

30

Neutrons (N)

29

Mass Number (A)

59

Atomic Mass

58.949312AMU

Spin / Parity

3/2-

Binding E/A

8.214keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

179 ms

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

β⁺

100.0%

β⁺p

0.1%

Decay Chain

⁵⁹ZnZinc179 ms

β⁺100.0%

β⁺p⁵⁸Ni0.10%

⁵⁹CuCopper1.36 min

β⁺100.0%

⁵⁹NiNickel81.0 ky

β⁺100.0%

⁵⁹CoCobaltSTABLE

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

Other Isotopes of Zinc

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 83 84 85 86

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