27-Co-60
 basic
 XS graphs

 element
27-cobalt-60

  • Atomic Mass: 59.9338222 +- 0.0000015 amu
  • Excess Mass: -61644.218 +- 1.422 keV
  • Binding Energy: 524800.045 +- 1.424 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- 2823.882 +- 0.481 keV
"The 1995 update to the atomic mass evaluation" by G.Audi and A.H.Wapstra, Nuclear Physics A595 vol. 4 p.409-480, December 25, 1995.
  • Spin: 5+
  • Half life: 1925.1 d
  • Mode of decay: Beta to Ni-60
    • Decay energy: 2.824 MeV

    Meta state at 0.059 Mev
  • Spin: 2+
  • Half life: 10.467 min
  • Mode of decay: IT
    • Branch ratio: 99.76 %
    • Decay energy: 0.059 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Beta to Ni-60
    • Branch ratio: 0.24 %
    • Decay energy: 2.883 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Beta from Fe-60
R.R.Kinsey, et al.,The NUDAT/PCNUDAT Program for Nuclear Data,paper submitted to the 9 th International Symposium of Capture-Gamma_raySpectroscopy and Related Topics, Budapest, Hungary, Octover 1996.Data extracted from NUDAT database (Jan. 14/1999)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
05.271 y5+ +3.799(8) [59Co]NMR/ONPhca 57 1 (72)
+0.44(5) [59Co]NMR/ONPhca 57 1 (72)
5910.5 m2+ +4.40(9) ABCf69Mntr 91 (69)
+0.3(4) ABCf69Mntr 91 (69)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.