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The term transmutation dates back to alchemy.Alchemists pursued the philosopher's stone, capable of chrysopoeia – the transformation of base metals into gold. [3] While alchemists often understood chrysopoeia as a metaphor for a mystical or religious process, some practitioners adopted a literal interpretation and tried to make gold through physical experimentation.
Displacements resulting from various decay modes of a radionuclide.Horizontal axis: atomic number Z.Vertical axis: neutron number N The law of radioactive displacements, also known as Fajans's and Soddy's law, in radiochemistry and nuclear physics, is a rule governing the transmutation of elements during radioactive decay.
In 1919, Ernest Rutherford was able to accomplish transmutation of nitrogen into oxygen at the University of Manchester, using alpha particles directed at nitrogen 14 N + α → 17 O + p. This was the first observation of an induced nuclear reaction, that is, a reaction in which particles from one decay are used to transform another atomic nucleus.
The generic equation is: A Z X → A Z+1 X′ + e − + ν e [1] where A and Z are the mass number and atomic number of the decaying nucleus, and X and X′ are the initial and final elements, respectively. Another example is when the free neutron (1 0 n) decays by β − decay into a proton (p): n → p + e − + ν e.
Dimensional transmutation, a physical mechanism providing a linkage between a dimensionless parameter and a dimensionful parameter Nuclear transmutation , the conversion of a chemical element or isotope into another chemical element or isotope
or when written as a nuclear reaction equation, + + ν. Since this single emitted neutrino carries the entire decay energy, it has this single characteristic energy. Similarly, the momentum of the neutrino emission causes the daughter atom to recoil with a single characteristic momentum.
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Chlorine-37 accounts for 24.23% of natural chlorine, chlorine-35 accounting for 75.77%, giving chlorine atoms in bulk an apparent atomic weight of 35.45(1) g/mol. [ 1 ] Remarkably, solar neutrinos were discovered by an experiment ( Homestake Experiment ) using a radiochemical method based on chlorine-37 transmutation.