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Ha, woops. I was just assuming Gold had higher atomic number. But I don't know, maybe a convenient positron emission decay path.
by andrewflnr 4y ago
Ha, woops. I was just assuming Gold had higher atomic number. But I don't know, maybe a convenient positron emission decay path.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoYou smash a proton into it and knock a light atom nucleus off. Works every time about 2% of the time. For the stuff that doesn't end up as gold you can just keep hitting it with neutrons until it's heavy enough to try again.