0
What else can I help you with?
In what type of nuclear decay does an element lose a neutron and emit an electron and gain a proton?
This type of decay is called β- (beta minus) decay. A link is provided to a related question with a descriptive answer that details the process.
Is nuclear decay spontaneous or artificial?
Matter can be made to undergo nuclear decay in reactors, but it is a process that occurs spontaneously in nature.
What are the difference between ant beetle butterfly?
Butterflys go through a changing process from a catapillar to a beautiful butterfly.
Is nuclear decay an example of a nuclear change?
Yes, it is. Nuclear decay is a process that an unstable atom goes through to lose energy and move toward a more stable state. (It may take more than one decay.) In nuclear decay, the nucleus undergoes a change by releasing a particle or particles and electromagnetic energy. Links are provided to related Wikipedia articles and related questions.
Advantages and disadvantages of nuclear reactor?
One of the advantages of the nuclear reactors is that they do not produce smoke particles that pollute the environment and therefore lead to the acidic rainfall. The other advantage is that it is easier to control the output of a nuclear reactor to fit a given need. One of the disadvantage of the nuclear reactors is that the disposal of the nuclear waste is very expensive.
Change of one element into another is called what?
transmutation, neutrons
What does transmutation mean?
the action of changing or the state of being changed into another form: the transmutation of the political economy of the postwar years was complete. • Physics the changing of one element into another by radioactive decay, nuclear bombardment, or similar processes. • Biology, chiefly historical the conversion or transformation of one species into another. • the supposed alchemical process of changing base metals into gold.
What does it mean for an element to undergo transmutation?
an element becomes a totally different element..
When elements are combined to produce another element this is called?
When elements are combined to produce another element, this process is called nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion is the process in which two lighter atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, releasing a large amount of energy in the process. This is the process that powers the sun and other stars.
Which fact about transmutation is not true?
Transmutation is the process of changing one element into another through nuclear reactions. It is not possible to transmute elements using simple chemical reactions.
When do the atoms of one element break down to form atoms of another element?
Atoms of one element break down to form atoms of another element through the process of nuclear fusion, which occurs in the core of stars during stellar nucleosynthesis. This process involves the combination of atomic nuclei to form heavier elements, releasing energy in the form of light and heat.
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.
What is the process by which one element changes into another elemente?
The answer is transmission, because the changing of one element into anotherthrough radioactive decay is called transmutation.
In nature one element can change to another by what process?
Transmutation is the process by which one element changes into another. This can only be done with a nuclear reaction, but alchemists once believed it might be possible, for example, to transmute lead into gold. They tried many bizarre things, but were never successful. Only nuclear reactions, such as fusion, fission, radioactive decay, etc, can induce a transmutation
The process of changing hydrogen to helium?
nuclear fusion
What is artificial transmutation?
Artificial transmutation is the process of changing one element into another by bombarding the target element with high-energy particles such as protons or neutrons. This method is commonly used in nuclear reactions to create new elements or isotopes that do not exist in nature.
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.
