Nuclear Transmutation
Nuclear Transmutation occurs when the Electron Configuration of an atom (Element or Isotope) changes as the result of Nuclear Reactions.
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Transmutation (read control over) of Physical Creation, and in particular transmutation of metal into gold (Chrysopoeia), was the stated goal of Alchemy. Initial efforts to transmute elements where juvenile, later successful attempts not much less so. A clumsy transmutation of bismuth into gold was accomplished in 1980 by Glenn T. Seaborg, but at a cost too high for practical application.[1]
Transmutation of elements is an essential process of Creation. All elements heavier than Boron were transmuted in the crucible of a Star via a process of NucleoSynthesis.[2]
Transmutation was first accomplished in a modern laboratory in 1919 by Ernest Rutherford who successfully transmuted nitrogen to oxygen.[3]
Further Reading
Footnotes
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors,Glenn T. Seaborg, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg [Accessed January 15, 2015].
- ↑ William Alfred Fowler, Margaret Burbidge, Geoffrey Burbidge, and Fred Hoyle, 'Synthesis of the Elements in Stars', Reviews of Modern Physics, vol. 29, Issue 4, pp. 547–650
- ↑ Wikipedia Contributors, Nuclear Transmutation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_transmutation [[Accessed January 15, 2015]
