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Protons are what determines which element is which. If you add a proton, and possibly some number of neutrons, you will get a different element.

Because protons are in the nucleus of an atom, atoms do not gain protons naturally.

Radioactive elements can lose protons as they stabilize, in a process called "natural transmutation," but to my knowledge, no element can naturally gain any protons.

Scientists, however, have discovered methods for performing artificial transmutation where one element is converted to another, by using machines such as "particle accelerators," "fission power reactors," or "tokamak reactors."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_transmutation

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