Naturally occurring
nickel (
Ni) is composed of five stable
isotopes; , , , and with being the most abundant (68.077%
natural abundance). 26
radioisotopes have been characterised with the most stable being with a
half-life of 76,000 years, with a half-life of 100.1 years, and with a half-life of 6.077 days. All of the remaining
radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 60 hours and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 30 seconds. This element also has 1
meta state.