can you convert a metal to another metal?if so , how?

Answer 1

Yes, by nuclear fission. When the uranium atom is split,
it becomes lead and strontium.

Answer 2

The physical and chemical properties of an atom are determined by the number of protons inside the nucleus. So one might argue that the (empirical) names we give to elements are nothing more than a convenient way of naming magnitudes of protons. So in order to refer to the element with two protons in its nucleus we say Helium instead of calling it "the element with two protons in its nucleus".

Now to answer the question:

In theory we can convert an atom of a chemical element (and that goes beyond metals) to another by adding or subtracting the appropriate number of protons (of course, during the process, we would also have to take care of the number of neutrons).

In practice it's a different story, because the forces (or the enegy) concerned are quite large. Nuclear fission can accomplish this but as we all know it's something we haven't mastered yet (some years ago there's was a lot of discussion about cold fission, but it seems that it was abandoned because of the difficalties involved). The only well known and documented place where nuclear fission takes place is the inside of stars. Indeed, that explains how all the chemical elements came to be, since initially the universe were nothing but hydrogen molecules. As soon as stars appeared, nuclear fission begun. When some stars come towards the end of their life they go in... grandeur, i.e. they explode. All the new elements created inside them are freed in the universe. From there, it's up to gravity to concentrate stray atoms and/or molecules and create new formations (some of which are planets). So we may argue that all the molecules that form everything that we see (or, don't see!) around us, or the molecules that form our body right now (I/m tempted to say as we speak!) are the results of nuclear fission that took place inside stars that are now gone (but not forgotten!). As Carl Sagan used to put it "we are made of star stuff" thanks to the stars' ability to transform chemical elements!

Answer 3

It happens all the time in nuclear reactors. Neutrons from the reaction convert Uranium238 into plutonium, and the Uranium 235 that splits is converted to cesium, strontium and other elements.
All metals were made in stars and supernovas in the first place out of other elements.
You can't do it chemically.

Answer 4

Basicly you're talking about Alchemy.
A pure metal can't be changed any more than any other pure substance. Not without altering it at the molecular level, literally ripping apart the molecules and rebuilding them as something else.
They've been trying to turn lead into gold for hundreds of years, haven't accomplished it yet :)

Answer 5

man has been trying to turn other metals into gold since time began

Answer 6

Mix Tin and Copper to make Bronze, mix Copper and Zinc to make brass

Answer 7

You can also make it though chemical reaction.