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When an element undergoes nuclear transmutation the result is a completely different what?
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When an element undergoes nuclear transmutation the result is a completely different element or isotope. All transmutation occurs through decay or nuclear reaction.
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Which type of reaction occurs when the high-energy particle collides with the nucleus of an atom converting the atom to a atom of a different element?
transmutation
All nuclear reactions due to nuclear transmutation?
Nuclear reactions may or may not involve nuclear transmutation. We need to split hairs here to arrive at the correct answer, and the answer involves the definition of the word transmutation. We sometimes think of transmutation as the changing of one element to another. Fission and fusion reactions do this, and many kinds of radioactive decay also convert one element into another. But there are some kinds of nuclear reactions that do not change an atom from one element to another, but instead change it from one isotope of a given element into another isotope of that element. There are a number of examples of this, and one is where isotopes of a given element absorb a neutron and become another isotope of that element. A given nucleus incorporates the neutron into its nuclear arrangement and the next heavier isotope of that element is created. If a "strict" definition of transmutation is used where it means a nuclear reaction that changes one element into another, then no, this does not always happen as illustrated above with the example of neutron absorption. If a more general interpretation of the term is used where we say that the nucleus transmutes meaning changes configuration, then yes, nuclear reactions involve nuclear transmutation.
What is the name of the process in which the nucleus of an atom of one element is changed in to the nucleus of an atom of a different element?
Normally called transmutation. This was what the old alchemists were trying to achieve, but they didn't know about nuclear reactions.
If seaborgium undergoes alpha decay which element is created?
Isotopes of rutherfordium.
After the nucleus of a radioactive element undergoes changes the element can transform into what?
In nature, it can transform into another element that is stable. Example: carbon-14 into nitrogen-14.
What does it mean for an element to undergo transmutation?
an element becomes a totally different element..
In which process is an element of matter changed into a completely different element?
It's called transmutation. There are two types of transmutation. Natural transmutation is when an element naturally changes into another element. Artificial transmutation is when an element is forced to change into another element, usually done in a laboratory setting.
How does scientists perform atifical transmutation?
the scientists can synthesize a transmutation element by artificial transmutation of a lighter element
Change of one element into another is called what?
transmutation, neutrons
Does transmutation occur in nuclear fission?
Nuclear fission splits an atom of one element into two atoms of two different elements. This is not usually called transmutation. However, fission is accompanied by subsequent steps, which usually include transmutation.
When one element changes into another the process is called and the number of changes?
It is - Transmutation, and Protons -
Which type of reaction occurs when the high-energy particle collides with the nucleus of an atom converting the atom to a atom of a different element?
transmutation
When an atom undergoes radioactive decay does it become a different element?
That depends on the type of decay, alpha and beta decay change the atom into a different element but gamma decay does not.
Alpha decay and beta decay are two forms of decay that cause transmutation?
Transmutation, which is the change of atoms from one element to another.
Why are Elements whose atomic numbers are greater than 92 are sometimes referred to as the transmutation elements?
Because no element with an atomic number greater than 92 occurs naturally; any such element is made by transmutation of another element.
What does transmutation involve?
Transmutation of elements refers to the conversion of one chemical element into another. This occurs in nuclear reactions or through radioactive decay.
The nuclear reaction that changes one element into another element is called a?
transmutation - same as the alchemists called it.
