Answer to Question #134252 in General Chemistry for maddy garcia

Question

Draw your own five-step process on how to synthesize a new elementin a laboratory. Write a brief explanation

Answer 1

An element is an atom that has a certain number of protons in it's nucleus. New atoms cannot be formed by combining two different types of compound.

In the lab new elements can be made by ;

Increasing the number of protons in the atom's nucleus.

Bombarding uranium with neutrons thus allowing its nucleus to change the extra neutrons into protons.

Through nuclear fission and this involves the squeezing of elements together.

Some of the elements can be made from the decay of element's traces.