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Naturalgallium (31Ga) consists of a mixture of two stableisotopes: gallium-69 and gallium-71. Syntheticradioisotopes are known withatomic masses ranging from 60 to 89, along with sevennuclear isomers. Most of the isotopes withatomic mass numbers below 69 decay byelectron capture andpositron emission to isotopes ofzinc, while most of the isotopes with masses above 71beta decay to isotopes ofgermanium.
The medically important radioisotopes are gallium-67 and gallium-68, used for imaging, and further described below.
| Nuclide [n 1] | Z | N | Isotopic mass(Da)[4] [n 2][n 3] | Half-life[1] | Decay mode[1] [n 4] | Daughter isotope [n 5] | Spin and parity[1] [n 6][n 7] | Natural abundance(mole fraction) | |||||||||||
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| Excitation energy | Normal proportion[1] | Range of variation | |||||||||||||||||
| 60Ga | 31 | 29 | 59.957041(16)[5] | 69.4(2) ms[5] | β+ (98.4%) | 60Zn | (2+) | ||||||||||||
| β+,p (1.6%) | 59Cu | ||||||||||||||||||
| β+,α? (<0.023%) | 56Ni | ||||||||||||||||||
| 61Ga | 31 | 30 | 60.949399(41) | 165.9(25) ms | β+ | 61Zn | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| β+, p? (<0.25%) | 60Cu | ||||||||||||||||||
| 62Ga | 31 | 31 | 61.94418964(68) | 116.122(21) ms | β+ | 62Zn | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 63Ga | 31 | 32 | 62.9392942(14) | 32.4(5) s | β+ | 63Zn | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 64Ga | 31 | 33 | 63.9368404(15) | 2.627(12) min | β+ | 64Zn | 0(+#) | ||||||||||||
| 64mGa | 42.85(8) keV | 21.9(7) μs | IT | 64Ga | (2+) | ||||||||||||||
| 65Ga | 31 | 34 | 64.93273442(85) | 15.133(28) min | β+ | 65Zn | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 66Ga | 31 | 35 | 65.9315898(12) | 9.304(8) h | β+ | 66Zn | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 67Ga[n 8] | 31 | 36 | 66.9282023(13) | 3.2617(4) d | EC | 67Zn | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 68Ga[n 8] | 31 | 37 | 67.9279802(15) | 67.842(16) min | β+ | 68Zn | 1+ | ||||||||||||
| 69Ga | 31 | 38 | 68.9255735(13) | Stable | 3/2− | 0.60108(50) | |||||||||||||
| 70Ga | 31 | 39 | 69.9260219(13) | 21.14(5) min | β− (99.59%) | 70Ge | 1+ | ||||||||||||
| EC (0.41%) | 70Zn | ||||||||||||||||||
| 71Ga | 31 | 40 | 70.92470255(87) | Stable | 3/2− | 0.39892(50) | |||||||||||||
| 72Ga | 31 | 41 | 71.92636745(88) | 14.025(10) h | β− | 72Ge | 3− | ||||||||||||
| 72mGa | 119.66(5) keV | 39.68(13) ms | IT | 72Ga | (0+) | ||||||||||||||
| 73Ga | 31 | 42 | 72.9251747(18) | 4.86(3) h | β− | 73Ge | 1/2− | ||||||||||||
| 73mGa | 0.15(9) keV | <200 ms | IT? | 73Ga | 3/2− | ||||||||||||||
| β− | 73Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 74Ga | 31 | 43 | 73.9269457(32) | 8.12(12) min | β− | 74Ge | (3−) | ||||||||||||
| 74mGa | 59.571(14) keV | 9.5(10) s | IT (>75%) | 74Ga | (0)(+#) | ||||||||||||||
| β−? (<25%) | 74Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 75Ga | 31 | 44 | 74.92650448(72) | 126(2) s | β− | 75Ge | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 76Ga | 31 | 45 | 75.9288276(21) | 30.6(6) s | β− | 76Ge | 2− | ||||||||||||
| 77Ga | 31 | 46 | 76.9291543(26) | 13.2(2) s | β− | 77mGe (88%) | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 77Ge (12%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 78Ga | 31 | 47 | 77.9316109(11) | 5.09(5) s | β− | 78Ge | 2− | ||||||||||||
| 78mGa | 498.9(5) keV | 110(3) ns | IT | 78Ga | |||||||||||||||
| 79Ga | 31 | 48 | 78.9328516(13) | 2.848(3) s | β− (99.911%) | 79Ge | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| β−,n (0.089%) | 78Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 80Ga | 31 | 49 | 79.9364208(31) | 1.9(1) s | β− (99.14%) | 80Ge | 6− | ||||||||||||
| β−, n (.86%) | 79Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 80mGa[n 9] | 22.45(10) keV | 1.3(2) s | β− | 80Ge | 3− | ||||||||||||||
| β−, n? | 79Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| IT | 80Ga | ||||||||||||||||||
| 81Ga | 31 | 50 | 80.9381338(35) | 1.217(5) s | β− (87.5%) | 81mGe | 5/2− | ||||||||||||
| β−, n (12.5%) | 80Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 82Ga | 31 | 51 | 81.9431765(26) | 600(2) ms | β− (78.8%) | 82Ge | 2− | ||||||||||||
| β−, n (21.2%) | 81Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| β−, 2n? | 80Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 82mGa | 140.7(3) keV | 93.5(67) ns | IT | 82Ga | (4−) | ||||||||||||||
| 83Ga | 31 | 52 | 82.9471203(28) | 310.0(7) ms | β−, n (85%) | 82Ge | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||
| β− (15%) | 83Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| β−, 2n? | 81Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 84Ga | 31 | 53 | 83.952663(32) | 97.6(12) ms | β− (55%) | 84Ge | 0−# | ||||||||||||
| β−, n (43%) | 83Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| β−, 2n (1.6%) | 82Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 85Ga | 31 | 54 | 84.957333(40) | 95.3(10) ms | β−, n (77%) | 84Ge | (5/2−) | ||||||||||||
| β− (22%) | 85Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| β−, 2n (1.3%) | 83Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 86Ga | 31 | 55 | 85.96376(43)# | 49(2) ms | β−, n (69%) | 85Ge | |||||||||||||
| β−, 2n (16.2%) | 84Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| β− (15%) | 86Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 87Ga | 31 | 56 | 86.96901(54)# | 29(4) ms | β−, n (81%) | 86Ge | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||
| β−, 2n (10.2%) | 85Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| β− (9%) | 87Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 88Ga[6] | 31 | 57 | 87.97596(54)# | β−? | 88Ge | ||||||||||||||
| β−, n? | 87Ge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 89Ga[6] | 31 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
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| EC: | Electron capture |
| IT: | Isomeric transition |
| n: | Neutron emission |
| p: | Proton emission |
Gallium-67 (67
Ga), the longest-lived radioactive isotope of gallium with a half-life of 3.2617 days, decays byelectron capture withgamma emission to stable zinc-67. It is aradiopharmaceutical used ingallium scans (as is gallium-68). This isotope is imaged by agamma camera.
It is usually used as the free ion, Ga3+.
Gallium-68 (68
Ga) is apositron emitter with a half-life of 67.84 minutes, decaying to stable zinc-68. It is used as aradiopharmaceutical,generatedin situ from theelectron capture of germanium-68 (half-life 271.05 days) owing to its short half-life. The isotope, where acyclotron is available, can be made in greater quantities by proton bombardment of68Zn.[7][8] This positron-emitting isotope can be imaged efficiently by PET scan: seegallium scan. Gallium-68 is normally used as a radioactive label for a ligand which binds to certain tissues, such asDOTATOC andDOTATATE,[9] which aresomatostatin analogues useful for imagingneuroendocrine tumors, which gives it a different tissue uptake specificity from the free ion gallium-67 is usually used as. Such scans are useful in locatingneuroendocrine tumors andpancreatic cancer.[10] Thus, octreotide scanning for NET tumors (usingindium-111) is being increasingly replaced bygallium-68 DOTATOC scan.[11]
Daughter products other than gallium