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Isotopes of nickel
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<p>Naturally occurring <a href="/facts/Nickel/KwMCHYRP">nickel</a> (28Ni) consists of five stable <a href="/facts/Isotope/KD9B1y6o">isotopes</a>; 58Ni, 60Ni, 61Ni, <a href="/facts/Nickel-62/ePeXd1y1">62Ni</a> and 64Ni; 58Ni is the most abundant (68.077% <a href="/facts/Natural_abundance/dGjaAwc9">natural abundance</a>). 26 <a href="/facts/Radioisotope/5WpCfbdq">radioisotopes</a> have been characterized; the most stable are 59Ni with a <a href="/facts/Half-life/kGVH8BAB">half-life</a> of 81,000 years, 63Ni with a half-life of 100.1 years, and 56Ni (6.077 days). All the other <a href="/facts/Radioactive/Ya6FVjt4">radioactive</a> isotopes have half-lives of less than 60 hours and most of these have half-lives of less than 30 seconds. This element also has 8 <a href="/facts/Meta_state/L8DHcqnk">meta states</a>. </p>