GENERAL INFORMATION
Nickel is an element in the periodic table. Nickel's atomic number is 28 and its chemical symbol is Ni. Nickel's atomic mass is about 58.70 AMU's.
Nickel has 31 total isotopes. All of nickel's isotopes have half-lives. Half-lives are the periods of time that it takes for an isotope to lose half of their atoms and decay.
Nickel is a mixture of five stable isotopes. The stable isotopes natural abundance is next to the isotope and their half-lives are in parenthesis. These isotopes are:
Ni-58 - 66.1% (Stable)
Ni-60 - 26.2%(Stable)
Ni-61 - 1.1% (Stable)
Ni-62 - 3.6%(Stable)
Ni-64 - 1.1% (Stable)
The rest of the isotopes are either man-made or very rare in the earth and are nearly never found in nickel from the earth.
Ni - 48 (.5 microseconds) Ni - 49 (350 nanoseconds)
Ni - 50 (300 nanoseconds) Ni - 51 (200 nanoseconds)
Ni - 52 (38 milliseconds) Ni - 53 (45 milliseconds)
Ni - 54 (106 milliseconds) Ni - 55 (204 milliseconds)
Ni - 56 (6.075 days) Ni - 57 (35.60 hours)
Ni - 59 (76,000 years) Ni - 63 (100.1 years)
Ni - 65 (2.5172 hours) Ni - 66 (54.6 hours)
Ni - 67 (21 seconds) Ni - 68 (29 seconds)
Ni - 69 (11.4 seconds) Ni - 70 (6 seconds)
Ni - 71 (2.56 seconds) Ni - 72 (1.57 seconds)
Ni - 73 (.84 seconds) Ni - 74 (.9 seconds)
Ni - 75 (.6 seconds) Ni - 76 (.24 seconds)
Ni - 77 (150 nanoseconds) Ni - 78 (110 milliseconds)
Notice that for the most part the isotopes have longer half-lives the closer the isotopes get to nickel's real atomic mass.
Some common compounds of nickel are Lead Nitrate (Pb(No2)2), Nickel carbonyl (Ni(CO)4), and nickel (Ni)
Nickel has 31 total isotopes. All of nickel's isotopes have half-lives. Half-lives are the periods of time that it takes for an isotope to lose half of their atoms and decay.
Nickel is a mixture of five stable isotopes. The stable isotopes natural abundance is next to the isotope and their half-lives are in parenthesis. These isotopes are:
Ni-58 - 66.1% (Stable)
Ni-60 - 26.2%(Stable)
Ni-61 - 1.1% (Stable)
Ni-62 - 3.6%(Stable)
Ni-64 - 1.1% (Stable)
The rest of the isotopes are either man-made or very rare in the earth and are nearly never found in nickel from the earth.
Ni - 48 (.5 microseconds) Ni - 49 (350 nanoseconds)
Ni - 50 (300 nanoseconds) Ni - 51 (200 nanoseconds)
Ni - 52 (38 milliseconds) Ni - 53 (45 milliseconds)
Ni - 54 (106 milliseconds) Ni - 55 (204 milliseconds)
Ni - 56 (6.075 days) Ni - 57 (35.60 hours)
Ni - 59 (76,000 years) Ni - 63 (100.1 years)
Ni - 65 (2.5172 hours) Ni - 66 (54.6 hours)
Ni - 67 (21 seconds) Ni - 68 (29 seconds)
Ni - 69 (11.4 seconds) Ni - 70 (6 seconds)
Ni - 71 (2.56 seconds) Ni - 72 (1.57 seconds)
Ni - 73 (.84 seconds) Ni - 74 (.9 seconds)
Ni - 75 (.6 seconds) Ni - 76 (.24 seconds)
Ni - 77 (150 nanoseconds) Ni - 78 (110 milliseconds)
Notice that for the most part the isotopes have longer half-lives the closer the isotopes get to nickel's real atomic mass.
Some common compounds of nickel are Lead Nitrate (Pb(No2)2), Nickel carbonyl (Ni(CO)4), and nickel (Ni)