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The Nuclide Ni56

Raymond K. Sheline* and Raymond W. Stoughton

  • Institute of Nuclear Studies and Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

  • *Now at the Chemistry Department of the Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

Phys. Rev. 87, 1 – Published 1 July, 1952

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.87.1

Abstract

Ni56 has been produced by the bombardment of the separated isotope Fe54 with 39-Mev alpha-particles. It is a 6.4±0.1 day orbital electron capture activity with less than 1 percent positrons. Growth of its daughter Co56 makes the mass assignment certain and confirms the 6.4-day half-life. Gamma-rays of the following energies in Mev (and relative intensities) have been found: 0.17 (1.0), 0.28 (0.3), 0.48 (0.4), 0.81 (0.8), 0.96 (0.1), 1.33 (0.05), 1.58 (0.15), and 1.75 (0.02). The half-lives of most of these gamma-rays have been followed individually and agree with the half-life quoted. The large number of gammas indicates that the decay scheme is complex. Coincidences have been found between the cobalt K x-rays and the gammas as well as between the gamma-rays themselves. There is less than 104 alpha-branching.

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