Nuclear Transmutation

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• What causes nuclear transmutation?
• What type of radioactive decay causes the transmutation of a nuclide?
• How does artificial transmutation differ from nuclear decay?
• Can transmutation occur through radioactive decay?
• What is the difference between transmutation through radioactive decay and transmutation through nuclear reactions?
• Can the gain or loss of a neutron cause transmutation?
• What happens during nuclear transmutation?
• What is the natural transmutation which forms most of the argon in air?
• How are particle accelerators related to transmutation?
• Is it possible to get gold from bismuth?
• Why is the transmutation of actinides helpful in radioactive waste management?
• What effect does nuclear radiation have on atoms?
• How do scientists perform an artificial transmutation?
• Question #07740
• When a proton is released, one element changes into another. What is this process called?