Nickel-58

Properties and data of the isotope ⁵⁸Ni.

Contents

See also: List of individual Nickel isotopes (and general data sources).

General data

Name of the isotope:Nickel-58; Ni-58Symbol:⁵⁸Ni or 5828NiMass number A:58 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:28 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:30Nucleon pairing (Z - N):even - evenNuclear ratio (N/Z ratio):1.0714285714286 (= neutron-proton ratio)Neutron excess (N-Z):2Isotopic mass:57.935342(3) u (atomic weight of Nickel-58)Nuclide mass:57.9199822 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:-60.22854 MeVMass defect:0.543706376 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:506.45922701 MeV (per nucleus)
8.73205564 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)Separation energy:S_N = 12.2162(5) MeV (first neutron)
S_P = 8.1721(4) MeV (first proton)Half-life:stableSpin and parity:
(nuclear angular momentum)0+Charge radius:3.7757(20) femtometer fmMirror nucleus:Zinc-58Year of discovery:1921

Parent Nuclides

Direct parent isotopes are: ⁵⁸Cu, ⁵⁹Zn.

Occurrence

Comparison of the natural Nickel isotopes including isotopic abundance (mole fraction of the isotope mixture in percent):

	Atomic Mass m_a	Quantity	Half-life	Spin
Nickel Isotopic mixture	58.6934 u	100 %
Isotope ⁵⁸Ni	57.935342(3) u	68.0769(190) %	stable	0+
Isotope ⁶⁰Ni	59.930786(3) u	26.2231(150) %	stable	0+
Isotope ⁶⁴Ni	63.927967(4) u	0.9256(19) %	stable	0+
Isotope ⁶²Ni	61.928345(4) u	3.6345(40) %	stable	0+
Isotope ⁶¹Ni	60.9310548(4) u	1.1399(13) %	stable	3/2-

Isotones and Isobars

The following table shows the atomic nuclei that are isotonic (same neutron number N = 30) and isobaric (same nucleon number A = 58) with Nickel-58. Naturally occurring isotopes are marked in green; light green = naturally occurring radionuclides.

Z	Isotone N = 30	Isobar A = 58
13	⁴³Al
14	⁴⁴Si
15	⁴⁵P
16	⁴⁶S
17	⁴⁷Cl
18	⁴⁸Ar
19	⁴⁹K	⁵⁸K
20	⁵⁰Ca	⁵⁸Ca
21	⁵¹Sc	⁵⁸Sc
22	⁵²Ti	⁵⁸Ti
23	⁵³V	⁵⁸V
24	⁵⁴Cr	⁵⁸Cr
25	⁵⁵Mn	⁵⁸Mn
26	⁵⁶Fe	⁵⁸Fe
27	⁵⁷Co	⁵⁸Co
28	⁵⁸Ni	⁵⁸Ni
29	⁵⁹Cu	⁵⁸Cu
30	⁶⁰Zn	⁵⁸Zn
31	⁶¹Ga	⁵⁸Ga
32	⁶²Ge
33	⁶³As
34	⁶⁴Se