I am not sure which, if any, nickel isotopes admit isomeric states. Perhaps, electrodes, container walls, or contaminants in nickel (or palladium) could be the source of some yet unidentified isomers.
I am quite perplexed that isomeric-65Fe went undetected for so long. Perhaps others have also escaped notice? If they exist at all, getting long-lived nuclear isomers to relax to ground state is probably difficult, if not impossible. But, if it is possible, maybe some LENR experiments have accidentally stumbled upon a way? > In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Sat, 5 Nov 2011 23:35:00 > -0400 > (EDT): > Hi, > [snip] >>Probably, Robin, but the relatively recent discovery of the 65Fe isomer >>(which likely has been lurking in the universe for a long time) makes me >>wonder if other long-lived isomers have escaped attention, and written >> off >>as statistical errors in mass measurements. > > I suppose this even probable, but why choose Ni62 specifically? > (Note that Fe65 is on the heavy side of the Fe isotopes). > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > > >
