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Gallium Isotopes

Nominal Mass
Accurate Mass
% Natural Abundance
Chemical Form
Enrichment Available %

69 Ga

68.925580 (3)
60.1 (2)
metal, oxide
99+

71 Ga

70.9247005 (25)
39.9 (2)
metal, oxide
97 – 99+

Both Gallium Isotopes are stable and are used in nuclear medicine and physics. Ga-69 is used for production of the radioisotope Ge-68. This isotope is used for so-called Ge-68/Ga-68 generators. The Ga-68 that is created from the decay of Ge-68 is used as a PET isotope. Ga-71 has been used to study the behavior of solar neutrinos and it is also used in NMR studies.